Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms
On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany’s Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) for the shattered store windowpanes that carpeted German streets.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has produced an online exhibition featuring eye witness accounts, documents & images.
Link to online exhibition (outside THF network).
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