Tag #156018 - Interview #94776 (Grigoriy Stelmakh)

During the Civil War there were pogroms [9] in Vasilkov called ‘rainbow’ or ‘multi-colored’ pogroms. The Red army was following the White Guard units [10], and then the power in the town switched to the ‘greens’ [11] and it happened few times a day and all of newcomers came to beat and rob Jews. My grandfather and his family found shelter in Ukrainian families. They always got along well with them. After a pogrom was over my grandfather returned to his store.