They were composed of between 500-900 people and were divided up into smaller commando squads. They would enter the towns in the early hours of the morning and take their victims by surprise. They forced them to march to anti-tank ditches or sometimes forced them to dig their own graves. After they were robbed and stripped, they were then machine gunned to death.
pp. 491-493 Report of the Iraqi Commission of Inquiry on the Farhud
The Farhud was an attack on the Jews of Baghdad in 1941 - what happened and why did it happen?
Soldiers punched and stabbed Jewish people near the Khurr bridge. The individuals were sent to the hospital and a mob formed outside of the hospital demanding they they release the Jews so they can kill them. Soldiers also began to hurt and/or kill other civilians, Jews and Muslims alike, as well as robbing stores. It happened because of Nazi propaganda such as The German Legation and the Mutfi of Jerusalem Amin al-Husayni and his entourage.
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