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Also known as Crystal Night, Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, Novemberpogrome, Night of Broken Glass
' ( ) 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
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Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass") was a violent pogrom carried out by Nazi paramilitary forces, Hitler Youth, and civilians against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on November 9-10, 1938, in which Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were destroyed while German authorities did not intervene. It represents a major escalation of Nazi persecution of Jews and is historically significant as a turning point toward more systematic violence during the Holocaust.
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Key facts
- Civilian attack.image
- Interior view of the destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, Berlin.jpg
- Civilian attack.image_upright
- 1.5
- Civilian attack.alt
- Partially destroyed building
- Civilian attack.caption
- Partially destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin
- Civilian attack.location
- Nazi Germany(then including Austria and the Sudetenland)
- Civilian attack.target
- Jews
- Civilian attack.type
- Pogrom, purge, looting, arson, mass arrests, homicide, kidnapping
- Civilian attack.fatalities
- 91+
- Civilian attack.perpetrators
- Adolf Hitler, (SA) stormtroopers, (SS), Hitler Youth, German civilians
- Civilian attack.motive
- Revenge for Ernst vom Rath's assassination, antisemitism
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