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Kristallnacht: A Deadly Turning Point for Europe’s Jews

Virtual Event
Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives

Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives

Eighty years ago, the Nazis and their collaborators unleashed a coordinated, violent attack, destroying synagogues and Jewish businesses, arresting 30,000 Jewish men, and murdering nearly 100 Jews. Holocaust survivor Susan Warsinger was nine on the Night of Broken Glass, also known as Kristallnacht. Join us live on Facebook for a conversation with Susan about the dramatic turn her childhood took after Kristallnacht.