What the records say
- When
- 27 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Pogrom
- Deaths
- 40
- Coordinates
- 49.84° N, 24.03° E
- Description
- Russian-backed pogrom of Jews by Cossacks during World War One
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lwów pogrom (1914)
Russian-backed pogrom of Jews by Cossacks during World War One
The Lwów pogrom was a pogrom of the Jewish population of the city of Lwów that took place on September 27, 1914, during World War I. Following a reported robbery, or shots, involving the Imperial Russian Army in the Lviv's Jewish quarter, Russian Cossacks assaulted nearby Jewish civilians, resulting in about 40 civilian fatalities and a number of injuries.
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