Anti-Jewish violence in Central and Eastern Europe, 1944–46 Anti-Jewish violence in Eastern Europe included anti-Jewish crimes in various countries that occurred after the retreat of the Nazi German forces and arrival of the Soviet Union Red Army forces. Poland Romania Hundreds of returning Jews were allegedly killed in Romania. Hungary Anti-Jewish manifestations, sometimes based on blood libel accusations, took place in Hungary in a dozen of places, for example, in Kunmadaras (two or four dead victims) and Miskolc. Slovakia In Slovakia in Topoľčany 48 Jews were seriously injured. 13 anti-Jewish incidents called partisan pogroms took place 1–5 August 1946, the biggest one in Žilina, where 15 people were wounded. Anti-Semitic manifestations took place in Bratislava in August 1946 and in August 1948. Ukraine In Kiev, Ukraine on September 4–7, 1945 around one hundred Jews were beaten, of whom thirty-six were hospitalized and five died of wounds....
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