Khurbm: 1914–1922. Prelude to the Holocaust. The Beginning. | Alexander |
Description: KHURBM (which in Yiddish means DESTRUCTION) refers to the forgotten genocide of the Jewish people which began with tsarist Russia's entry into WWI and continued for eight years until the proclamation of the Soviet Union in 1922.
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With its entry on August 1, 1914 (Tisha b’Av of that year), into what some still call the Great War, tsarist Russia declared war not only on the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires but also on its own Jewish people.
Khurbm: 1914–1922. Prelude to the Holocaust. The Beginning. | Alexander |