1938 in Germany

1938 cession of German-speaking Czechoslovakia to the German Reich

thumb|upright|Austrian citizens gather on the Heldenplatz to hear Hitler's declaration of annexation. thumb|upright|right|Territory of the Nazi Germany|German Reich and Austria before the Anschluss

' ( ) or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s)' (, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. The German authorities looked on without intervening. The euphemistic name comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were smashed. The pretext for the attacks was the assassination, on 9 November 1938, of the German dipl

Pethidine, also known as meperidine and sold under the brand name Demerol among others, is a fully synthetic opioid pain medication of the phenylpiperidine class. Synthesized in 1938 as a potential anticholinergic agent by the German chemist Otto Eisleb, its analgesic properties were first recognized by Otto Schaumann while working for IG Farben, in Germany. Pethidine is the prototype of a large family of analgesics including the pethidine 4-phenylpiperidines (e.g., piminodine, anileridine), the prodines (e.g., alphaprodine, MPPP), bemidones (e.g., ketobemidone), and others more distant, inclu

thumb|Young refugees of the first Kindertransport after their arrival at Harwich International Port|Harwich, Essex, in the early morning of 2 December 1938 thumb|Jewish refugee children on their arrival in London on the Warszawa thumb|1939 issued Identity Document for travelling to the UK, used by a child on the Kindertransport thumb|Hope Square plaque

political scandal

proposed plan to overthrow German Führer Adolf Hitler

expulsion of up to 17,000 Jewish Poles from Nazi Germany in October 1938

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Nazi-era replacement of toponyms in East Prussia

overview of Germany-related events during the year of 1938

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Brief diplomatic crisis in 1938