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Kristallnacht
(redirected from The Night of Broken Glass)

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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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Attacks on Jews increased, culminating in the infamous Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass - when synagogues were burned, Jewish shops looted and destroyed, with Josef Goebbels ominously declaring that "the final answer to the Jewish attack in Paris will be given to the Jews by legislation and decree".
Time traveller: Read all about it: Life as we know it is over; ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
The pogrom, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, saw Nazi thugs plunder Jewish businesses throughout Germany, torch more than 200 synagogues and round up some 30,000 Jewish men for deportation to concentration camps.
Germany marks shameful history and golden hour on single date by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The survey coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, when violent race hate in Nazi Germany was sanctioned by the government and nearly 30,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps in a single night.
Teaching of the Holocaust to be studied by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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