What kind of an attack is 'pogrom'?

Answer 1

An attack that is a pogrom is when there is an attack by a violent mob, and the word pogrom would imply that the people the mob has attacked are Jews.

Answer 2

The pogrom was anti - Semitic, (meaning the prejudice towards Jews) riots. The hatred towards Jews was fueled from the accusations that the Jews were responsible for the Black Death or plague.

Pogrom was when violent mobs of people hurt or even execute Jews.