White Terror is the name of several episodes of mass violence in history, carried out against
anarchists,
communists,
socialists,
liberals, revolutionaries, or other opponents by
conservative or
nationalist groups. It is sometimes contrasted with, and is the opposite of, a
red terror
The Red Terror (russian: Красный террор, krasnyj terror) in Soviet Russia was a campaign of political repression and executions carried out by the Bolsheviks, chiefly through the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police. It started in lat ...
. It may refer to:
History
Various
anti-leftist acts of violence:
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First White Terror (1794–1795), a movement against the
Jacobins in the French Revolution
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Second White Terror (1815), a movement against the French Revolution
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White Terror (Russia), massacres carried out by opponents of the Soviet government during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1918–1921)
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White Terror (Bulgaria)
The September Uprising ( bg, Септемврийско въстание, ''Septemvriysko vastanie'') was a 1923 communist insurgency in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government es ...
, the repression of the Communist September insurgency in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1923)
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White Terror (Hungary), a two-year period (1919–1921) of repressive violence by counter-revolutionary soldiers
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White Terror (Spain), mass murders committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco's rule
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White Terror (mainland China)
The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supportin ...
, the period of political repression in China which was started in 1927 by the Republic of China/Kuomintang government
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White Terror (Taiwan), the period of political repression in Taiwan which was started in the years of 1949 to 1987 by the Republic of China/Kuomintang government
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White Terror (Greece) White Terror ( el, Λευκή Τρομοκρατία) is the term used in Greece, analogous to similar cases, for the period of persecution of members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and other former members of the leftist World War II-era ...
, persecution of the EAM-ELAS between the signing of the Treaty of Varkiza in February 1945 and the beginning of the Greek Civil War in March 1946
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White Terror (Finland)
The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...
, repression which was committed by the White troops both during and after the Finnish Civil War in 1918
Film and television
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''The White Terror'' (film), a 1917 silent German film
* ''Kenya: White Terror'', a 2002 BBC documentary based on the work of
Caroline Elkins
Other
* A common expression which is used to describe anonymous acts which are committed in order to create a
climate of fear
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White terrorism, hate crimes and xenophobic acts of terrorism which are committed by white Americans
See also
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Anti-communist mass killings
Anti-communist mass killings are the politically motivated mass killings of communists, alleged communists, or their alleged supporters which were committed by anti-communists and political organizations or governments which opposed communism. Th ...
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Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966
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Mass killings under communist regimes
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Red Terror (disambiguation)
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Terror (disambiguation)
Terror(s) or The Terror may refer to:
Politics
* Reign of Terror, commonly known as The Terror, a period of violence (1793–1794) after the onset of the French Revolution
* Terror (politics), a policy of political repression and violence
Emoti ...
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