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The Holocaust: Kristallnacht - "Night of Broken Glass"

(November 9 & 10, 1938)


Synagogue in Frankfurt destroyed during Kristallnacht

Reference

  • Background & Overview
  • Reactions to Kristallnacht
  • Map of Synagogue Destruction
  • Photographs

Primary Source Material

  • Kristallnacht Order (November 10)
    • Heydrich’s Instruction
  • Discussions by the Nazi Authorities Following Kristallnacht
  • British Government
    • British Diplomat Blames Kristallnacht on Sexual Perversity (December 14, 1938)
    • British Diplomat Reports on Kristallnacht Violence in Cologne (November 14, 1938)
    • British Consul Reports on Kristallnacht in Vienna (November 11, 1938)
    • Sir Ogilvie Forbes Reports on Kristallnacht (November 10, 1938)
  • U.S. Government
    • FDR Receives Urgent Report On Kristallnacht (November 10)
    • Amb. Wilson Describes Violence (November10)
    • Amb. Wilson on the Aftermath (November14)
    • Consul in Stuttgart Describes Violence (November15)
    • FDR Statement On Kristallnacht (November 15)

Personal Accounts

  • Jewish Woman Complains of Money Stolen
  • Description of the Riot at Dinslaken
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