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The Lwów Pogrom was one of the worst acts of Anti-Jewish violence in the early 20th century. And it happened in Galicia, which at the turn of the 20th century, was one of the most culturally diverse regions in Europe. This video provides the context for this event, explains the ethnic situation in Austrian Galicia and details the domestic and international repercussions. Sources: Fäßler, Peter a.o. (Ed.): Lemberg-Lwów-Lviv. Eine Stadt im Schnittpunkt europäischer Kulturen, Vienna & Cologne 1993. Hagen, William W.: The Moral Economy of Ethnic Violence. The Pogrom in Lwów, November 1918, in: Geschichte und Gesellschaft 31 (2005), Nr. 2, pp. 203-226. Prusin, Victor Alexander: Nationalizing a Borderland. War, Ethnicity, and Anti-Jewish Violence in East Galicia, 1914–1920. Tuscaloosa 2016. Music Used: Chopin - Nocturne No. 20 Haydn - Surprise Schubert - Symphony Nr. 5 in B Flat Major Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:42 Lwów and Galicia before WW1 6:02 Russian Occupation 8:14 Rise of Ethnic Tensions 10:15 End of the War 12:10 The Pogrom 14:20 Consequences and International Outrage