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In the City of Slaughter
by Hayim Nahman Bialik
Original titleבעיר ההרגה
Written1904

"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

  1. ^ "Dependence days: In the shadow of Kishinev". The Jerusalem Post. May 4, 2014.
  2. ^ Zipperstein, Steven J. (2018). Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History.
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