Chronology of World War II

Friday, July 25th


Ukrainian Pogroms Against Jews


Ukrainian Pogroms Against Jews
Occupied by the Germans in June 1941, Lvov became the site of brutal Ukrainian pogroms against Jews from July 25 to 27, 1941. They were called the Petliura Days because they commemorated the death of Ukrainian Premier Simon Petliura, who orchestrated pogroms against Jews in 1919. 2,000 Jews were killed in the July 1941 pogroms.