Many were beaten up and even killed. Jewish owned shops and other business, as well as synagogues were smashed up. About 30,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps ... Please see the related question for more detail.
The Night of Broken Glass is also known as Kristallnacht in German. It happened on November 9 and 10, 1938 as a series of attacks against the Jews in Nazi Germany. It was a way to terrify the Jews and capture them to kill or confine to concentration camps.
Then Hitler would've never killed so many Jews..... Lorena
The "Night of the Broken Glass" happened in November 1938. Over two nights, Nazis destroyed homes, schools and businesses held by Jews and killed over 100 people.
Forty-eight hours after November 9, 1938, "The Night of Broken Glass," thousands of Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
Kristallnacht (German for: "Night of the Broken Glass"), was when the Shutzstaffel (SS) and the Sturmabteilung (SA) went to Jewish shops and businesses in Germany and vandalized them. They murdered Jews and took many of them away. Even the Polizei (German Police) approved of these actions. Some civilians even took part.
I believe what you're referring to is Kristallnacht (German; translates as 'Night of Broken Glass').
In 1938 many attacks on Jews and their property took place on the same night in Germany. Kristallnacht means 'the night of broken glass'.
It was known as the Krystalnacht. (Night of broken glass). The common name was basically just "Roughnecks".
The night of broken glass, November 9, 1938 This was a series of coordinated attacks against Jews in Nazi Germany by the SA. Streets were covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues.
"Night of Broken Glass"; November 9-10, 1938; Day Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues across Germany killing and injuring hundreds of Jews and arresting around 30,000
Kristallancht was also called the night of the broken glass. It was a government-sponsored outbreak of violence against the Jews in Germany called progroms.Ê
Kristallnacht, also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass was a pogrom (a series of coordinated attacks) against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9-10 November 1938