pogroms
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, pogroms has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025).
A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group. Until the mid-20th century the term usually applied to attacks on Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe late 19th- and early 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire. Retrospectively, similar attacks against Jews which occurred in other times and places were renamed pogroms. Contemporarily, the word is also used to describe publicly sanctioned purgativ
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History |
Who talks about pogroms on podcasts?
Tom Holland brought up pogroms; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Rest Is History.
- Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025) — Tom Holland
What is pogroms mentioned alongside?
pogroms is most often mentioned alongside Inspector Frederick Abberline, Elizabeth Stride and Germany.
Mentioned together: Inspector Frederick Abberline, Elizabeth Stride, Germany, Daily Telegraph, Martha Tabram, Daily News, Scotland Yard, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, Victorian, Hambury Street