KRISTALLNACHT RESOURCES
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, was a series of government-sanctioned attacks against the Jews of Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. Ninety-six Jews were murdered and 25,000-30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps. The damage to property was also extensive: thousands of synagogues were attacked, with 267 burned to the ground. Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed with sledgehammers and axes, leaving the streets covered with shards of broken glass–the origin of the name Kristallnacht. Many historians consider this pogrom to be the beginning of the Final Solution.
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, was a series of government-sanctioned attacks against the Jews of Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. Ninety-six Jews were murdered and 25,000-30,000 were arrested and sent to concentration camps. The damage to property was also extensive: thousands of synagogues were attacked, with 267 burned to the ground. Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed with sledgehammers and axes, leaving the streets covered with shards of broken glass–the origin of the name Kristallnacht. Many historians consider this pogrom to be the beginning of the Final Solution.