What Happened On The Night Of November 9 1938

In fact german propaganda minister joseph goebbels and other nazis carefully organized the.

On november 9 1938 in an event that would foreshadow the holocaust german nazis launch a campaign of terror against jewish people and their homes and businesses in. Kristallnacht was allegedly instigated by the assassination of the german diplomat ernst vom rath by a polish jew. A lot of rightfully enraged citizens and gangs of violent paramilitary hooligans systematically attacked the jews while the authorities and the police looked the other way without intervening. 1 300 synagogues and 7 500 businesses were destroyed and countless jewish cemeteries and schools.

In the night of november 9 1938 jews throughout germany and austria were the victims of riots. It appeared to be unplanned set off by germans anger over the assassination of a german official in paris at the hands of a jewish teenager. Lots of jew people were killed injured and arrested. A massive coordinated attack on jews throughout the german reich on the night of november 9 1938 into the next day has come to be known as kristallnacht or the night of broken glass.

It was also know as night of the broken glass due to all the glass out in the streets. The night of broken glass on the night of november 9 1938 violence against jews broke out across the reich.