T he play fiddler on the roof recounts the story of jewish persecution in eastern europe and russia.
Pogroms in russia fiddler on the roof.
The events related in the fiddler on the roof take place in anatevka a fictional town inside the pale during the year of 1905.
Pogrom scenes from the 1971 film fiddler on the roof.
We talk about why the pogrom at the end of the wedding is everybody s favorite scene.
The famous broadway musical and film fiddler on the roof showed the cruelty of the russian pogroms on the jews in the fictional anatevka in the early 20th century.
From 1880 to 1920 when there was a political social crisis the russian government would incite the population against the jews trying to divert its attention from the real problems.
Sholem aleichem was a prominent yiddish author and playwright from what was once the russian empire.
October 31 st 1905 marked the beginning of a three day pogrom in kiev.
Fiddler on the roof and pogroms sholem aleichem.