World War II : The Holocaust

Kristallnacht comes the German name Crystal Night. Kristallnacht was an event where Germans persecuted Jews by burning down their synagogues, destroying their business, and stripping their rights away from them; these two nights prefigured the Holocaust.

Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass", is one of the most crucial events in German, Jewish, and World History. Before, the Jews were simply assaulted and verbally abused. However, on the night of November 9, 1938, an unplanned and extremely violent action against the Jews occurred. In two days, over 250 synagogues were burnt down while the fire department did nothing to stop it, over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, Jews were murdered, Jewish cemeteries, schools, hospitals, and homes were looted by SS while the police attempted to preserve them but failed. Before Kristallnacht, Jews ' lives were not threatened. Historically Jews were not welcome by many countries which

Even though Jews were losing their liberty they still endured it as best they could. However Kristallnacht convinced them once and for all that they were in serious trouble. Kristallnacht was organized

At 1:20 a.m. All over Germany, Austria and other Nazi controlled areas, Jewish shops and department stores had their windows smashed and contents destroyed. Synagogues were especially targeted for vandalism, including desecration of sacred Torah scrolls. Hundreds of synagogues were systematically burned while local fire departments stood by or simply prevented the fire from spreading to surrounding buildings. Regarding the economic impact of the damage from Kristallnacht and the resulting massive insurance claims, Hermann Göring stated the Jews themselves would be paying for the damage that happened during Kristallnacht. Goebbels told the nazis to stop attacking at 5:00 the 10th of November. The rioters burnt over 1,000 Synogogues, 30,000 Jewish men were arrested to work in concentration camps, 91 people were killed not counting the suicides, and the stores that weren't destroyed, were boycotted over 100,000 stores. Hitler still thought he wasn't successful enough with the Jewish Problem, therefor there was a second solution. The second solution succeeded more in the Jewish problem since the effects of Kristallnacht lead to a large amount of emigration of Jews from Germany. (Kristallnacht- the Night of Broken

Mobile killing units...began shooting massive numbers of Jews and Gypsies in open fields and ravines on the outskirts of conquered cities and towns” (Bulow). On a night known as the Night of Broken Glass, a Nazi leader “...reported 7500 businesses destroyed, 267 synagogues burned (177 totally destroyed) and 91 Jews killed” (“Night”). Along with these ruthless acts, millions died in ghettos and concentration camps also from starvation, brutality, forced labor, or execution.

One of the most well known attacks on the Jews was known as Night of Broken Glass. On the November 9, 1938, violence against Jews broke out across Germany. The Germanys tried to make it appeared like the violence was an unplanned attack, set off by the assassination of a German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager. In two days, over 1,000 synagogues were burned, 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/kristall.htm

The Nazi’s destroyed many Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues. Many Jews killed or taken to concentration camps. If you were a part of the non-Jewish community, you were not allowed to help the Jews out. A fireman during this time claims, “We were ordered not to use any water till the synagogue was burned down.” People whose job was to help when there was danger, couldn’t even help. The Nazis were so powerful, and intimidated the public so much they could manipulate whoever they wanted. Because of this, many Jewish families were torn apart, businesses and house vandalized, and thousands of lives

On the night of November 9th, 1938, chaos struck the German Reich and forever changed the lives of Jewish people living in Europe. This terror, known as Kristallnacht, ended late on November 10th. As a result, nearly 8,000 Jewish business and homes were destroyed, 200 synagogues were burned to the ground, and 76 were demolished. Innocent Jews were beaten, raped, and terrorized by Nazi officers in their own homes (Fitzgerald 72). As a result of this historic pogrom, over 100 Jews were killed and 30,000 were sent to concentration camps; most never to be set free (Fitzgerald 13). Earlier in the day on November 9th, newspapers and radio stations, controlled by Nazi propaganda, had reported that the Secretary of Legislation at the German Embassy in Paris had been shot and seriously

Before the shooting, him and his family were denied the privilege to Paris. He was arrested, this started the flame of Hitler and the Nazis targeting Jews. Two days later, on November 9th, 1938, Hitler told the Nazis they could target Jews. They took action and started destroying homes and businesses that belonged to Jews. This scared adults as well as children terribly. It was remembered as The Night of Broken Glass. After that the Jewish children were expelled from school. They stayed home, families tried to flee germany, 200,000 jews of all ages were left behind and almost all the children of the 200,00 were killed in gas

Kristallnact was one of the first step of striping jews down, takeing there identity,religion, and society. Kristallnacht was chaotic and horrific. Kristallnacht took away jews’ humanity and will to live. Kristallnacht is an event were the nazis striped everything from the jews. The nazis went into every single jewish businesses and destroyed everything. ”It was the only time I was almost traumatized. There was not any store that wasn't hit. ”Kristallnacht was the night of broken

One of the most significant events that took place during the Holocaust was Kristallnacht; known as The Night of the Broken Glass for the shattered pieces of glass that littered the streets. On the night of November 9th, 1938, Nazi troops were ordered to disguise as ordinary civilians in order to give the impression that the perpetrators were angry members of the public. They outflanked Jewish neighborhoods, destroying homes, synagogues, shops, and businesses, encouraging ordinary Germans to participate in the breaking of glass by throwing Jewish possessions out of windows into streets. Many historians believe that night triggered the introduction of the Holocaust, as 91 Jews were killed in the attack and 30,000 arrested and incarcerated

In November of 1938, riots were swarming the streets. Then the riots started murdering Jews, destroying and demolishing other people’s property. That night was called Kristallnacht. By far, Kristallnacht was the largest, most destructive, and most clearly orchestrated of the pogroms. Pogroms is a Russian word meaning “devastation.”

Anti-semitism in Germany led by Adolf Hitler would back up a plan called the final solution, to exterminate all of the Jews in Europe. Out of the 100 million Jews aimed for extermination, 6 million of them were killed. On his path to German greatness, Jews became victim to inconceivable actions. First the Nuremberg Laws were passed which stripped Jews of their german citizenship, eliminating their opportunity to flee to other countries. After Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Hitler forcefully deported Jewish people into fenced confinements called ghettos. More Jews died here than in any extermination camp due to the harsh conditions and labor. Most people living in ghettos had no access to running water or a sewage system and overcrowding

A massive assault on Jews all through the German empire on the night of November 9, 1938, into the following day, has become known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass.

One aspect of Jewish lives were affected on Kristallnacht through their religion. On Kristallnacht Jewish synagogues were burned with torches as shown in the picture “Synagogue Burning”. Synagogues are the Jewish churches where they practice their religion. The “Heydrich's Instructions, November 1938” are the instructions that tell officers and many other government officials what to do on the night of Kristallnacht. One of the instructions in this letter is that the police had to “seize all archives to be found in all synagogues and offices of the Jewish communities so as to prevent their destruction during the