The next morning, the streets sparkled with the broken glass of Jewish-owned storefronts. Kristallnacht marked a turning point in the Nazis’ march toward the Final Solution and the Holocaust. On the ...
Translated as the “Night of Broken Glass,” Kristallnacht is considered by some to be the start of the Holocaust, said Brian Chartock, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks.
The Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was staged by Adolf Hitler's stormtroops, Hitler Youths, and German civilians nationwide on 9–10 November 1938, allegedly in revenge ...
On 9 November 1938, the Nazis began destroying synagogues and looting Jewish businesses in what became known as the night of broken glass. Former Newcastle head teacher Gabriele Keenaghan was a ...