The 1898 Anti-Jewish Riots in Habsburg Galicia
by
Daniel Unowsky
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
In the spring of 1898, thousands of peasants and townspeople in western Galicia rioted against their Jewish neighbors. Attacks took place in more than 400 communities in this northeastern province of the Habsburg Monarchy, in present-day Poland and Ukraine. Jewish-owned homes and businesses were ransacked...