Night Of The Broken Glass
November 9 2018 12 00 pm est e ighty years ago on the night of nov.
Night of the broken glass. The violence continued during the day of november 10 and in some places acts of violence continued for several more days. Soon after around 30 000 jewish males between 16 and 60 years old were arrested and sent to the dachau buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camps. The german authorities looked on without intervening. The night of broken glass on the night of november 9 1938 violence against jews broke out across the reich.
The name kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. Ultimately by the time the night of broken glass had come to a fiery end more than 1 000 synagogues were burned and almost 7 500 jewish businesses were destroyed. Crystal night also called night of broken glass or november pogroms the night of november 9 10 1938 when german nazis attacked jewish persons and property. A massive coordinated attack on jews throughout the german reich on the night of november 9 1938 into the next day has come to be known as kristallnacht or the night of broken glass.
9 10 1938 known as kristallnacht the night of broken glass synagogues were set on fire store windows were smashed and. In fact german propaganda minister joseph goebbels and other nazis carefully organized the pogroms. Kristallnacht is also known as the november pogrom night of broken glass and crystal night. It appeared to be unplanned set off by germans anger over the assassination of a german official in paris at the hands of a jewish teenager.
The damage police and firefighters stood by as synagogues burned and jews were beaten only taking action to prevent the spread of fire to non jew owned property and to stop looters upon ss officer reinhard heydrich s orders. The kristallnacht pogrom was an organized pogrom against jews in germany and austria that occurred on november 9 10 1938. Kristallnacht literally night of crystal is often referred to as the night of broken glass the name refers to the wave of violent anti jewish pogroms which took place on november 9 and 10 1938. Throughout germany and austria the pogrom known as kristallnacht night of broken glass rampaged.