Do you really think something like the pogroms could happen again?
Yes, of course. There are numerous parallels between the current situation in Russia (and other parts of the former Soviet Union) and the one that fomented the pogroms over a hundred years ago.
For instance, Russia’s political and economic future continues to be uncertain. The current regime’s hold on power is tenuous at best and another downturn in the country’s economy like the one we saw from 1992 to 1996 could alter the political dynamics in a way favorable to old-line communist and/or ultra-nationalist forces who are lurking behind the scenes. During this period of rampant inflation and unemployment (1992-1996), communist and ultra-nationalist parties took control of nearly half the seats in the State Duma (Russia’s lawmaking body, the lower house of its parliament) and were steadily becoming more powerful and influential until things began improving in the late 1990s. Nonetheless, ultra-nationalists like Vladimir Zhirinovsky continue to be openly anti-Semitic, blaming the Jewish people for the problems of “Mother Russia,” and are very active on the political scene.
Another warning sign is the resurfacing of the publication known as The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion in Russia. The Grolier Encyclopedia explains the significance of The Protocols:
The Protocols of the [Learned] Elders of Zion was the title of a forged treatise purporting to outline the plans of a late-19th-century council of Jews to subvert Christianity and seize control of the world. The treatise first appeared in its entirety in Russia in 1905 but was apparently written in France in the 1890s by members of the Russian secret police. They based their contents on Maurice Joly's satire on Napoleon III—Dialogue aux Enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu (A Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu, 1864). Although the Times (London) revealed the forgery in 1921, The Protocols were translated into many languages and circulated widely in Europe and the United States during the 1920s and ’30s. They were cited as the classical defense for anti-Semitism, especially by the National Socialists [Nazis] in Germany.
Today, this fictional work is circulating widely in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union. Various English versions are also available on the Internet. Click here for the Wikipedia article on The Protocols.
We have heard reports of Nazi-like "training camps" in southern Russia, where young people are indoctrinated in ultra-nationalistic and anti-Semitic doctrine. Recruits are also trained in the use of assault weapons, explosives, and other terrorist techniques.
These are just a few of the reasons many observers are warning that it is only a matter of time before a full-blown persecution of the Jewish people breaks out again in Russia and perhaps other areas of what was formerly known as the Soviet Union.
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Yes, of course. There are numerous parallels between the current situation in Russia (and other parts of the former Soviet Union) and the one that fomented the pogroms over a hundred years ago.
For instance, Russia’s political and economic future continues to be uncertain. The current regime’s hold on power is tenuous at best and another downturn in the country’s economy like the one we saw from 1992 to 1996 could alter the political dynamics in a way favorable to old-line communist and/or ultra-nationalist forces who are lurking behind the scenes. During this period of rampant inflation and unemployment (1992-1996), communist and ultra-nationalist parties took control of nearly half the seats in the State Duma (Russia’s lawmaking body, the lower house of its parliament) and were steadily becoming more powerful and influential until things began improving in the late 1990s. Nonetheless, ultra-nationalists like Vladimir Zhirinovsky continue to be openly anti-Semitic, blaming the Jewish people for the problems of “Mother Russia,” and are very active on the political scene.
Another warning sign is the resurfacing of the publication known as The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion in Russia. The Grolier Encyclopedia explains the significance of The Protocols:
The Protocols of the [Learned] Elders of Zion was the title of a forged treatise purporting to outline the plans of a late-19th-century council of Jews to subvert Christianity and seize control of the world. The treatise first appeared in its entirety in Russia in 1905 but was apparently written in France in the 1890s by members of the Russian secret police. They based their contents on Maurice Joly's satire on Napoleon III—Dialogue aux Enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu (A Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu, 1864). Although the Times (London) revealed the forgery in 1921, The Protocols were translated into many languages and circulated widely in Europe and the United States during the 1920s and ’30s. They were cited as the classical defense for anti-Semitism, especially by the National Socialists [Nazis] in Germany.
Today, this fictional work is circulating widely in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union. Various English versions are also available on the Internet. Click here for the Wikipedia article on The Protocols.
We have heard reports of Nazi-like "training camps" in southern Russia, where young people are indoctrinated in ultra-nationalistic and anti-Semitic doctrine. Recruits are also trained in the use of assault weapons, explosives, and other terrorist techniques.
These are just a few of the reasons many observers are warning that it is only a matter of time before a full-blown persecution of the Jewish people breaks out again in Russia and perhaps other areas of what was formerly known as the Soviet Union.
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