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Kristallnacht

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Kris·tall·nacht  (krstl-näkt -täl-nät)
n.
The night of November 9, 1938, on which the Nazis coordinated an attack on Jewish people and their property in Germany and German-controlled lands.
[German, night of (broken) glass : Kristall, crystal (from Middle High German, from Old High German cristalla, from Latin crystallus, crystallum; see crystal) + Nacht, night (from Middle High German naht, from Old High German; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots).]


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I remember her telling us once about the 1938 Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) pogrom, during which Nazi mobs attacked Jews, burned synagogues, and smashed Jewish businesses and institutions.
Never again! The pope's visit to the Cologne Synagogue was both a ... by Scherer-Emunds, Meinrad / U.S. Catholic
1938: A Nazi-organized persecution of Jews known as Kristallnacht (kris-TULL-nokt)--or Night of Broken Glass--takes place.
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Marisabina Russo: Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World ... by Bloom, Susan P. / The Horn Book Magazine
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