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  • Kristallnacht

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article
    On the night of November 9–10, 1938, Nazi German leaders unleashed a nationwide anti-Jewish riot. The violence was supposed to look like an unplanned outburst of popular anger against Jews. In reality, this was state-sponsored vandalism, arson, and terror. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). It is also referred to as the November Pogrom.

  • Gerald Liebenau: Memories of Kristallnacht

    Source: Main Museum website
    Type: First Person Podcast
    Gerald Liebenau discusses his memories of Kristallnacht, also known as the “Night of Broken Glass.” On November 9-10, 1938, a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms erupted around Germany, leaving Jewish owned businesses and synagogues plundered and destroyed.

  • Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener: Arrest on Kristallnacht

    Source: Main Museum website
    Type: First Person Podcast
    Rabbi Jacob G. Wiener discusses his experience during Kristallnacht, known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” on November 9–10, 1938. He was arrested and his mother was murdered as a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms swept across Germany.

  • What Was Kristallnacht in the Holocaust?

    Source: Main Museum website
    Type: Holocaust Explainer Videos
    On November 9th and 10th, 1938, Nazi German leaders organized a series of violent, nationwide attacks against Jewish communities. This event, later called the "Night of Broken Glass," or Kristallnacht, marked a terrifying escalation in violence against Jews.

  • Pogroms

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article

  • Vienna

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article

  • Jews in Germany Before the Nazis

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article
    Many Jews in Germany had long been an integrated part of German society. Most were German citizens when the Nazis came to power in 1933. 

  • The "Night of Broken Glass"

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article
    The “Night of Broken Glass” was a nationwide anti-Jewish riot in Nazi Germany. It took place on November 9–10, 1938. During the riot, Nazis and ordinary Germans burned synagogues. They also vandalized Jewish-owned businesses and homes, and attacked Jewish people.

  • Jacob Wiener

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Article
    “That night, they broke in, in the middle of the night, and they arrested all the boys, maybe 50 boys. It was a dormitory, in the middle of the night.” Listen to Jacob Wiener describe what happened to him during Kristallnacht. Learn more about his experiences during this wave of antisemitic violence in Nazi Germany in November 1938. 

  • US condemnation of Kristallnacht

    Source: Holocaust Encyclopedia
    Type: Film