Sujet
Persecution of the Jews in Russia: scene inside the arsenal at Kiev, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Persecution of the Jews in Russia: scene inside the arsenal at Kiev, 1881. '...distressing scenes...following similar occurrences at Elisabethgrad, in the province of Kherson, where the Jews have been cruelly attacked by a furious and rapacious mob...The work of destruction was done by no single mob, but by bands of thirty to a hundred men, mostly under the age of thirty, and armed with choppers, hammers, and bludgeons...Everywhere cries and groans and shrieks were heard. The city looked as though it were given over to pillage...The Governor, General Drenteln, betrayed great want of firmness throughout...The total number of people arrested at Kiev was 1783...The number of persons killed was six, three Jews and three Russians...More than 500 shops and 500 houses were looted. Upwards of 20,000 Jews fled from Kiev to Berditcheff...Three thousand families remaining behind at Kiev were placed for shelter in the Arsenal, but it is not to the credit of the Russian authorities that for forty-eight hours they were without medical succour or food. In the end some compassionate Russians exerted themselves, and subscriptions were freely given by the educated classes to furnish them with the necessaries of life'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A43_386
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Droits gérés
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24,2Mo (2,8Mo) / 30,2cm x 20,0cm / 3568 x 2367 (300dpi)