Kristallnacht, also called the "Night of Broken Glass," was the start of a violent campaign launched on German Jewish people by Nazis on November 9, 1938. The violence included torching synagogues ...

“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, ...

By the time of Kristallnacht, the Nuremberg Laws were already three years old. Hitler had been in power for five years. Jewish businesses had already been boycotted.

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.

In The Wall Street Journal, John Lang recalls his childhood experience in Berlin of the November 1938 Nazi pogrom known as Kristallnacht, his Kindertransport journey to England and, finally, his ...

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 ...

On the night of Nov. 7, 1938, at the German Embassy in Paris, a 17-year-old Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan gained access to the office of a low-ranking Nazi named Ernst vom Rath by promising ...

Also marking the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht is an exhibition at the Field Museum, “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda,” featuring film, posters and photographs from the ...

Kristallnacht marked the beginning of Hitler’s war against the Jews – his campaign for a “final solution” to the so-called “Jewish problem." ...

We should remember Kristallnacht by fighting hatred, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Romaphobia and all other bigotry. We should protect the state of Israel so that ...

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.

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 ...