O
n the night of November 9, 1938, Nazi Storm Troopers and German citizens launched a massive, government-coordinated attack on Jews throughout Germany. The mobs burned synagogues, destroyed businesses, ransacked Jewish homes, and brutalized the Jewish people. Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass illustrated the radical nature of Nazi policies toward the Jews. From this time forth Jews had no rights in the Third Reich, and those who did not escape, became victims of the Nazi Holocaust.
Timeline
Location
Germany
Cause of Kristallnacht: Nazi Ideology
Hitler’s antisemitic policies
Other: Deportation of about 17,000 Jews to Polish border
Oct 27, 1938
Other: Ernst vom Rath murdered by Herschel Grynszpan
Nov 6, 1938
Damages Reported by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich: 267
Jewish synagogues burned—177 of those totally destroyed
Damages Reported by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich: 7500
Jewish businesses destroyed
Damages Reported by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich: 25,000
Jewish men arrested and sent to concentration camps
Damages Reported by SS leader Reinhard Heydrich: 91
Jews killed
Event
Kristallnacht
Also Known As
The Night of Broken Glass
From
Nov 9, 1938
To
Nov 10, 1938
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