Kristallnacht in Words and Photographs

Kristallnacht survivors share their recollections of the day the Holocaust began Centropa.org, dedicated to preserving the memory of Jewish life in Central Europe Nazis
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The Night of Broken Glass
On November 9, 1938, Jewish people in Germany and German-controlled territories were beaten, arrested and killed. Synagogues were burned and Jewish businesses were vandalized. In most cases, the police made no effort to control the mobs that carried out these crimes.

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