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Kristallnacht's Night Of Broken Glass

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In history books, it shows that many people in the past and nowadays are being bullied

and treated horribly because of their religion or beliefs. The night of November 9th was one of the nights were the Jewish people were being attacked by the Germans, that night in the history book is called “ Night of Broken Glass” or “Kristallnacht”. That Night and many events that follow had a big impact on today's history. Many people that had survived the holocaust or was a witness of those horrible acts of terror and intolerance had told their stories so we can remember our past that is part of our world today. We should never forget what happened then because we are a part of world history also and we can't repeat mistakes that cost lives. …show more content…

There's a thousand of books about concentration camps, survivors and their memoirs where they describe horrible and not human conditions and places where they had to sleep, eat and work. He was said that he had gone to a place and they had gotten tied down. Some had puked and they way they had removed their puke was by making the person wipe it with their hair and face. He was arrested by the (SS) or the Schutzstaffel, and taken to the camp of Buchenwald. Daniel Heiman was a survivor had said when he was twelve he had witnessed that the Nazis had broken into the building he was living in and that his aunt's house was ruined. He saw how he saw his neighbor get thrown out their window. It was morning and Daniel had heard loud banging, they hid and hoped that the Nazis won't come for them, they were lucky they left. The next day Daniel's father had tried to get a visa to leave to a new country, they had said they were fleeing not coming here never …show more content…

The holocaust was that Germans just wanted to destroy the race of Jewish people. This was a way for the Germans to try and kill and ruin it for the Jewish. The anti program for the Jewish was wanted by the Germans so badly that they did anything to destroy the Jewish race and so Kristallnacht was a part that played into this. The Germans wanted revenge and decided after Von’s death on November 9th, 1938. They had to do it quickly and it lasted 2-3 days (depending what

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