1900–1939
Pogrom of Volhynian Polesia
1920·Ratne
Toll
dizaines
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the Jewish houses of the town pillaged, its inhabitants struck
Ratne, a small town in the marshes of Volhynian Polesia, lived apart from roads and railways. The war between Poland and Soviet Russia nonetheless brought armed detachments there. The Jewish homes of the town were looted, their inhabitants beaten and stripped of their belongings. As throughout Polesia, the absence of authority left the community without recourse.
- Period :
- 1900–1939
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Ukraine
Sources
Lidia Miliakova (dir.), *Le Livre des pogroms* ; Henry Abramson, *A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times*.