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Proposal for Editing the article: Anti-Jewish Violence in Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-46
The article is currently a stub. There is little information regarding anti-Jewish violence in the listed countries—each section only has a sentence each, simply stating one act of violence that took place. This needs to be fixed. The main goal is to expand on each section. What needs to happen is that more explanation needs to be stated on the article. Poland does not even have anything written, except for a link that leads to the main article of anti-Jewish violence at the end of World War II. What also needs to happen is the sources need some cleaning. Some of the article sources don't lead to the actual source, and others are not in English—which may be a problem in terms of understanding what's actual being said, and if the information is correct. The third thing that needs fixing is just some minor cleaning up. It may be beneficial to change the name of some headings (i.e: "Russia" to "Soviet Union"/"USSR") and maybe edit the title to simply "Eastern" Europe, as the countries listed are in the East.

Annotated Bibliography

1. Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe during the Second World War. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1986. Print.

2. Blobaum, Robert, ed. Antisemitism and It Opponents in Modern Poland. Cornell UP, 2005. Print.

3. Grüner, Frank. "Did Anti-Jewish Mass Violence Exist in the Soviet Union?—Anti-Semitism and Collective Violence in the USSR during the War and Post War Years."Journal of Genocide Research 11.2/3: 355-79. Ebsco Host. Web. 11 Mar. 2015.

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Soviet Union
On the 12th of July in 1945, there were cases of anti-violence in Rubtsovsk. Jews were beaten and insulted.

Ukraine
In Spring of 1944, a pogrom broke out due to a conflict between a Ukrainian officer and a Jew. Allegedly, 16 Jews were killed. These riots/pogroms continued for months and into the Summer of 1945. It escalated in Kiev, where at least 100 Jews were beaten. At least 36 Jews were brought to hospitals, and five later died that day.

Poland
On the 27th of May, an officer of the Narodowe Sily Zbrojne (National Armed Forces) started a pogrom, saying that it was not persecution.

On the 4th of July in 1946 up to 80 Jews were beaten and around 40 were killed in riots. The local population were aroused by rumors of Jews kidnapping children for ritual purposes. The population threw stones, shot, and beat the Jews with axes and other blunt instruments. They also attacked the building of the Jewish Committee.

Throughout the year 1946, there were many attacks on the Jewish population. On the 5th of February, four Jews were killed in Parczew. In April, on the 21st, five Jews, driving to Targ, were flagged down and shot by former underground forces of the Polish Home Army. Nine days later, seven more Jews were killed Czorstyn.