Kraków pogrom
| Kraków pogrom | |
|---|---|
Kupa Synagogue in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, 2014 | |
| Location | Kraków, Poland |
| Date | 11 August 1945 |
| Target | Polish Jews |
| Deaths | At least 1 woman, Róża Berger, a 56-year-old Auschwitz survivor |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Perpetrators | Civilians, security officers |
The Kraków pogrom was the first anti-Jewish riot in post World War II Poland, that took place on 11 August 1945 in the Soviet-occupied city of Kraków, Poland. The incident was part of anti-Jewish violence in Poland towards and after the end of World War II. The immediate cause of the pogrom was a blood libel rumour of a ritual murder of Polish children by Jews in the city. A false allegation that a child had been abducted by a Jewish woman had grown to allegations that Jews had killed up to 80 children over the course of weeks. These allegations led to attacks on Jews, as well as some Poles mistaken for Jews, in the Kazimierz quarter, and other parts of the Old Town, and the burning of the Kupa Synagogue. At least one person was killed and an unknown number were injured.