1900–1939
Pogrom at the taking of the city by Polish troops
avril 1919·Lida
Toll
~39
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
A pogrom accompanied the capture of Lida by Polish troops in the month of April.
The American commission sent by Henry Morgenthau would investigate these episodes and conclude that they amounted to troop excesses rather than a state policy — a conclusion that Jewish organizations would contest as too lenient. The disagreement over words, in this kind of inquiry, determines what will be retained: "excesses" does not call for the same consequences as "pogrom."
- Period :
- 1900–1939
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Biélorussie
Sources
Rapports de la commission Morgenthau ; presse juive polonaise.