Pogrom

Pogrom: Organised persecution of an ethnic group (Especially Jews)

Pogrom: Russian word meaning Devastation

                                      Systemic discriminatory action against Jews

History Of Pogroms

Crusades

Middle Ages

Blood Libel

Jews were charged with ritual murder of Christian children

Jews were expelled from country after country

Middle Ages To Modern Times

1879: Wilhelm Marr used the word anti-semitism for the first time

Marr known as the Father Of Modern Antisemitism

Antisemitism: Jews were thought to be of a Race for the first time 

Antisemitic Pogroms on Jewish Race continued since then

Pogrom In Current Events

                 Multiple deaths in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue, official says

Multiple people have been killed in Saturday morning's shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, according to a city official.

The shooter surrendered to Pittsburgh police and was being transported to Mercy Hospital, said Curt Conrad, chief of staff for City Councilman Corey O'Connor.

Another law enforcement official told CNN at least 12 people have been shot

Snapshot

1821: First Riot in Ukraine was called a Pogrom