In the City of Slaughter
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In the City of Slaughter | |
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by Hayim Nahman Bialik | |
Original title | בעיר ההרגה |
Written | 1904 |
"In the City of Slaughter" (Hebrew: בעיר ההרגה) is a Hebrew poem written in 1904 by Hayim Nahman Bialik about the 1903 Kishinev pogrom.[1]
The poem is considered "the most influential" if not "the finest" "Jewish poem written since medieval times."[2]
References
- ^ "Dependence days: In the shadow of Kishinev". The Jerusalem Post. May 4, 2014.
- ^ Zipperstein, Steven J. (2018). Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History.