| There was growing anti-Semitism in both Russia and
Poland in the late 1800s, so many Jews chose to migrate to Kishinev (now
called Chişinău). It was felt that economic opportunities were greater
here. By the turn of the twentieth century, forty-three percent of the
population of Kishinev was Jewish. However, Jews could not escape the
persecution and wanton violence against them. Two major pogroms occurred
in Kishinev, one on 6-7 Apr 1903, and the other on 19-20 Oct 1905. Such
violence against the Jews here were one of the many reasons that large
numbers of Jews began to emigrate in subsequent years from Eastern
Europe, going to countries in Western Europe and also to the United
States. |
