1941 pogroms in eastern Poland

Immediately following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, anti-Jewish pogroms occurred in at least 219 localities in the territories that had been part of Poland prior to 1939 and were occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941. This included murders, beatings, robberies and other manifestations of anti-Jewish violence by the local population and were encouraged by the Germans and especially the commanders of the Einsatzgruppen had received orders from Security Police Chief Reinhard Heydrich to tolerate and even encourage the locals to launch pogroms.

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1941 pogroms in eastern Poland

Immediately following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, anti-Jewish pogroms occurred in at least 219 localities in the territories that had been part of Poland prior to 1939 and were occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941. This included murders, beatings, robberies and other manifestations of anti-Jewish violence by the local population and were encouraged by the Germans and especially the commanders of the Einsatzgruppen had received orders from Security Police Chief Reinhard Heydrich to tolerate and even encourage the locals to launch pogroms.

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