Farhud

FarhudFarhud (Arabic: الفرهود‎) refers to the pogrom or "violent dispossession" carried out against the Jewish popula... (Arabic: الفرهود‎) referpogromA pogrom is a violent riot aimed at massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at J...he pogrom or “violent dispossession” carried out against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, on June 1–2, 1941, immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War. The riots occurred in a power vacuum following the collapse of the pro-Nazi government of Rashid Ali, while the city was in a state of instability. The violence came immediately after the rapid defeat by the British of Rashid Ali, whose earlier coup had generated a short period of national euphoria, and was charged by allegations that Iraqi Jews had aided the British. Over 180 Jews were killed and 1,000 injured, and up to 300-400 non-Jewish rioters were killed in the attempt to quell the violence. Looting of Jewish property took place and 900 Jewish homes were destroyed.