Brandeis University11y
Seventy-five years later, Kristallnacht invokes national reflection
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 ...
Axios Sneak Peek on MSN3mon
Mixed-reality project uses Holocaust survivor to describe Kristallnacht
Background: Kristallnacht, also known as the November ... Schneider said. In a statement, she said participating in the ...
Independent.ie5d
The German royals and the Nazis - why the Hohenzollerns always found themselves on the side of the Fuhrer
On November 9, 1938, hundreds of Jews living in Germany were attacked and killed, their properties ransacked, and 30,000 were ...
Reading Eagle on MSN2mon
Reading candlelight service remembers victims of Kristallnacht
“Kristallnacht remains a haunting reminder of the dangers of hatred and intolerance that are still present in today’s world,” Jewish Federation officials said in a statement. “It is ...
Brandeis University1y
'Kristallnacht' and the Anti-Semitism of Adolf Hitler: On the Interaction of Malicious Intentions and Unplanned Circumstances
As early as 1919, Adolf Hitler distinguished between pogrom violence and so-called “rational” anti-Semitism. To achieve a lasting solution to the “Jewish question,” the young Hitler insisted that anti ...
MercoPress2mon
Kristallnacht remembered in Uruguay by the entire political spectrum
When combined, all these manifestations create an atmosphere that is “eerily reminiscent of the days before Kristallnacht,” Tocar stressed. “We must not underestimate the gravity of these ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency5d
85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg
The synagogue was burned during Kristallnacht, the series of pogroms ... movement emissary and chief rabbi of Hamburg, said in a statement. The quest to rebuild the synagogue, more than eight ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
From virtual reality to digital synagogues, tech adds new dimension to Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany
WJC President Ronald Lauder called Hamas’ attack “the most devastating since the Holocaust” in a statement announcing a joint Kristallnacht commemoration with the Central Council of Jews in ...
BBC4mon
Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass
Elsbeth Rosenfeld talks about Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) - an organised nationwide attack on Jews - and compares it to a declaration of war. After a description of the horror of ...
Rochester Institute of Technology2y
David Bloch
The deaf Jewish artist, David Ludwig Bloch (1910-2002), was one of the 10,911 Jewish men interned at the Dachau Concentration Camp after "Kristallnacht", or the Night of Broken Glass, in November, ...
SBS1y
Jewish communities mark 85 years since Kristallnacht
Members of the Jewish Community have gathered to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht. 'The night of broken glass' refers to the shattered glass left by Nazi vandalism on Jewish ...