Kishinev
- Country Moldova
- Historical countries Russian Empire
- All names Kishinev , קישנב , Кишинев , Кишинёв , Kishinyov , Chişinău
The Kishinev Pogrom of 1903
The anti-Jewish riots in Kishinev, Bessarabia, are worse than the censor will permit to publish. There was a well laid-out plain for the general massacre of Jews on the day following the Russian Easter. The mob was led by priests, and the general cry, "Kill the Jews," was taken up all over the city. The Jews were taken wholly unaware and were slaughtered like sheep. The dead number 120 and the injured about 500. The scenes of horror attending this massacre are beyond description. Babes were literally torn to pieces by the frenzied and bloodthirsty mob. The local police made no attempt to check the reign of terror. At sunset the streets were piled with corpses and wounded. Those who could make their escape fled in terror, and the city is now practically deserted of Jews."
Jewish Massacre Denounced," New York Times, April 28, 1903, HP 6
