Iraq's Kristallnacht 70 years later

I was sent the following by email and urged to publish it. Iraq’s Kristallnacht: 70 Years LaterBy Robert S. WistrichSeventy years ago, on June 1, 1941, the most dramatic and violent pogrom in the Arab Middle East during World War II took place in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Known in Arabic as the Farhūd, this devastating pogrom left approximately 150 Jews dead, hundreds more wounded, and led to