Blood libel rumors had led to violence in Kunmadaras and Teplicany , and were present in Miskolc before the riot . Mátyás Rákosi had given a speech in Miskolc some days before the riot attacking " speculators " and suggesting death for them . Reports ( likely from the police ) circulated of the arrest of three black marketeers , two of them Jewish . The prisoners were to be moved to an internment camp on the morning of the 31st . A mob awaited them , displaying signs with slogans like " Death to the Jews " and " Death to the Black Marketeers . " The mob attacked . One man was murdered , another beaten severely , and a third ( not Jewish ) escaped . That afternoon , police appeared in force and arrested sixteen people for the lynching . The crowd attacked the police , occupied the police station , and murdered a Jewish policeman
Teplicany
Topoľčany pogrom
Miskolc pogrom