During World War I , the Pale lost its rigid hold on the Jewish population when large numbers of Jews fled into the Russian interior to escape the invading German army . On March 20 ( April 2 N.S. ) , 1917 , the Pale was abolished by the Provisional Government decree , '' On abolition of confessional and national restrictions '' ( ) . A large portion of the Pale , together with its Jewish population , became part of Poland . Subsequently , most of this population would perish in The Holocaust one generation later
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Pale of Settlement