Proskurov pogrom

The Proskurov pogrom took place on February 15, 1919, in the town of Proskurov (Ukrainian: Проскурів, Proskuriv; now Khmelnytskyi) during the Ukrainian War of Independence, In mere three and a half hours at least 1,500 Jews were murdered, up to 1,700 by other estimates, and more than 1,000 wounded including women, children and the elderly. The massacre was carried out by Ukrainian People's Republic soldiers of Ivan Semesenko. They were ordered to save the ammunition in the process and use only lances and bayonets.

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