Following the collapse of Rashid Ali 's pro-Axis coup , the Farhud ( " violent dispossession " ) pogrom of June 1 and 2 , 1941 , broke out in Baghdad in which approximately 200 Jews were murdered ( some sources put the number higher ) , and up to 2,000 injured — damages to property were estimated at $ 3 million ( US$ million in ) . There was also looting in many other cities at around the same time . Afterwards , Zionist emissaries from Palestine were sent to teach Iraqi Jews self-defense , which they were eager to learn . The monarchist government acted quickly to suppress supporters of Rashid Ali . Many Iraqis were exiled as a result , and hundreds were jailed , several were sentenced to death as a consequence of the violence by the newly established pro-British Iraqi government
Farhud
Farhud
History of the Jews in Iraq