The night of November 9-10, 1938 represents the initial active stages of the violent pogrom against Jews throughout Germany.
On this night, Germans citizens and SA (mostly SA) damaged (or destroyed) 1574 synagogues, many Jewish cemeteries, 7500 Jewish shops, 29 department stores. Some Jews were beaten to death, while others were forced to watch. The conservative estimate is that 91 people suffered violent deaths. More than 30000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
The term Kristallnacht is derived from the mass of broken glass (store front windows).
November 5, 2009 at 5:31 pm |
End gültige lösung der JUDENFRAGE
November 9, 2009 at 10:00 am |
i borrowed, cleaned up and reposted your image of the 11 Nov 38 New York Times front page…hope you don’t mind…i used it this morning for my blog post about kristallnacht…thank you for helping keep the memory alive!