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Before delving into the main story, it’s important to discuss the events that led up to it. The Farhud Pogrom: A Forgotten Tragedy The Farhud, meaning “violent dispossession” in Arabic, was a devastating pogrom against the Jewish community in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 1–2, 1941. This dark chapter in Jewish history not only marked a
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Shards of Night The night fell hard, thick with hate,A quiet flame at first, then fate—Windows shattering, stars refract,This broken sky: Kristallnacht. Shards of glass, like fallen stars,Glittered in streets, in shattered jarsOf silenced voices, splintered pleas,Cries caught in cold November’s freeze. How can silence carry sound?Echoes in the streets abound—The lives uprooted, torn apart,The
History of Sorts 