Kristallnacht's legacy still haunts Hamburg, even as city rebuilds former synagogue burned in Nazi pogrom. Story by Yaniv Feller • 13h. J ohanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local ...

In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why Many German speakers are rejecting the euphemism for the events of Nov. 8-9, 1938, which translates to ‘night of shattered glass ...

When asked about the tragic events of Kristallnacht on Nov. 11, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference, "No, I think not," according to History.com.

I saw German synagogues that were attacked on Kristallnacht in 1938, and toured Auschwitz in southern Poland, where most of my relatives were sent in 1944, as well as the Nuremberg courtroom where ...

In a moment heavy with symbolism, Germany on Thursday marked the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the eruption of murderous Nazi violence against the country’s Jews on the night of Nov. 9, 1938.

Remembering Kristallnacht A bar mitzvah gift that survived the Holocaust provides a chance to reflect on the "Night of Broken Glass" — November 9, 1938. The morning after.

Kristallnacht was a wake-up call that too many, including too many Jews, slept through. The world, and especially the Jews, cannot afford to sleep through another wake-up call that is occurring ...

KFC has apologized for sending an alert urging customers in Germany to commemorate the Kristallnacht – the 1938 pogrom that preceded the Holocaust.

People — most likely in Fürth, Germany — watch a Nazi officer ransack Jewish property on Nov. 10, 1938. This photo is part of a previously unseen album of images captured on Kristallnacht.

In 1938 Nazi Germany, Kristallnacht—the Night of Broken Glass—didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the culmination of years of managed propaganda hate-filled rhetoric.

“Kristallnacht is a much too pretty word for something so terrible, and I don’t use it anymore,” said Jessica Ohletz, vice principal of the Julius-Leber High School in Breisach, ...