Kielce pogrom

Kielce pogrom
Plaque on ulica Planty 7, Kielce, dedicated by Lech Wałęsa, 1990
Location	Kielce, Poland
Date	4 July 1946 Morning until evening (official cessation at 3 p.m.)
Target	Polish Jews
Deaths	38 to 42

The Kielce pogrom was an outbreak of violence toward the Jewish community centre's gathering of refugees in the city of Kielce, Poland, on 4 July 1946 by Polish soldiers, police officers, and civilians^[1] during which 42 Jews were killed and more than 40 were wounded.^[1][2] Polish courts later sentenced nine of the attackers to death in connection with the crimes.^[1]

As the deadliest pogrom against Polish Jews after the Second World War, the incident was a significant point in the post-war history of Jews in Poland. It took place only a year after the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, shocking Jews in Poland, non-Jewish Poles, and the international community. It has been recognized as a symptom of the precarious condition of Eastern European Jewish communities in the aftermath of the Holocaust and as a catalyst for the flight from Poland of most remaining Polish Jews who had survived the war.^[3][4]