1900–1939
Pogrom during the city's capture by the Polish army
avril 1919·Vilna
Toll
~65
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
Jews shot in the street and homes looted
In the month of April, during the capture of the city by the Polish army, Jews were shot in the streets of Vilna and houses were looted.
The city was then contested between Poland, Lithuania, and the Bolsheviks, and each takeover resulted in violence. For the community, the question of which state it would belong to remained open for years, with none of the possible answers offering any guarantee.
- Period :
- 1900–1939
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lituanie
Sources
Rapports de la commission Morgenthau ; presse juive de Vilna.