Kristallnacht. So-called because the shards of broken glass all over the pavement the next morning looked like crystals. This actually was before the war began, and was a further attack on German Jews. It was Jewish windows that were broken, in their homes and shops.
The NIght of Broken Glass
Walked at night with my mother, on our road, to check the windows of the neighbors for light coming from their house.
Krystallnaucht( or the night of broken glass) happened near the beginning of world war 2, during which Nazi soldiers broke into Jewish businesses and ransacked them.
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the entry of the U.S. into the war.
There was no Austria-Hungary after WWI it was broken up after the first world war
Peter Broner has written: 'Night of the broken glass' -- subject(s): Fiction, History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945
The windows were taped with dark masking tape like we have today.
rules of warfare
World War I veterans
You may be thinking of the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) on 9-10 November 1938. Please see the related question.
Kristallnacht (literally "Crystal Night") or the Night of Broken Glassalso known as :Novemberpogrome -the pogrom of november, Reichskristallnacht -the reich's Crystal night, Reichspogromnacht - reich's pogrom,Pogromnacht91 Jews were murdered and 25,000 to 30,000 were arrested and placed in concentration camps. 267 synagogues were destroyed, and thousands of homes and businesses were ransacked. This was done by the Hitler Youth, the Gestapho and the SS.Kristallnacht also served as a pretext and a means for the wholesale confiscation of firearms from German Jews to prevent their resistance at a later date