Hechler was particularly shocked and revolted by the violent pogroms being instituted in Russia against the Jews.

The 2009 Gojra riots was a series of violent pogroms against Christian minorities by Muslims.

Immediately afterwards, a violent pogrom against Jews took place in Baghdad by the hands of former Gaylani's supporters.

His grandparents, parents, and other relatives fled Ukraine during a particularly violent anti-Jewish pogrom in 1903.

The breaking point for Thyssen was the violent pogrom against the Jews in November, 1938 known as Kristallnacht, which caused him to resign from the Council of State.

Under the czars there were restrictions on where Jews could live, and violent pogroms.

In 1905, the Arlosoroff family home in Romny was attacked during a violent pogrom.

The frequent and violent pogroms in prerevolutionary Russia were incited and sanctioned by Russian government officials, including the czar.

Faced with the terrors of the violent pogroms, many Jews opted to leave Russia.

The same year, violent anti-Jewish pogroms occurred in other cities across the Arab World, including Cairo (Egypt), which resulted in 10 Jewish victims.