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Farhud

Farhud

Farhud was the pogrom or the "violent dispossession" that was carried out against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, on 1–2 June 1941, immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War. Wikipedia
Location: Baghdad
Dates: Jun 1, 1941 – Jun 2, 1941
Deaths: ~175; ~300–400 pogromists killed during suppression
Injured: 1,000
Perpetrators: Rashid Ali, Yunis al-Sabawi, al-Futuwa youths, and Iraqi mobs