by telling them they had to wear a star where ever they went.
In English it is called the Night of Broken (the) Glassand in German it is called Kristallnacht.
The reason given was that it was the people's reaction to a German diplomat being assasinated by a Jew in Paris. In truth it was less a popular action than one carried out by the Nazis. It was a continuation of the Nazis' policy to see what the world would let them do to the Jews.
kristallnahct means the night of broken glass.on this night in 1938 the Nazis walked around and threw bricks and stones through all the Jewish shops.
Kristallnacht also called night of broken glass. many Jewish shops were looted. 93 Jews killed that night. many synagogues were burned to the ground. afterwards the Jews were forced to clean up . they were charged for the damages by the Nazis. also they had to give any insurance they collected to the Nazis. this was the writing on the wall for the jews, many began to try to flee the country.
The word means, Crystal Night, which refers to all the shattered glass which was caused by the damage the Nazis caused to Jewish buildings, shops etc. !!
I believe it was to hide the light inside the house so the Nazis assumed they were all asleep
The yellow star in the book "Night" symbolizes the forced identification and segregation of Jewish people during the Holocaust. It represented the dehumanization and persecution of Jewish individuals by the Nazis.
In English it is called the Night of Broken (the) Glassand in German it is called Kristallnacht.
Kristallnacht or Reichskristallnacht is German for the night when the Nazis attacked Jewish people, property and synagogues. Literally "crystal night" due to the amount of shattered glass left on the ground.
the holocaust wasn't called the night of anything but there was the "night of broken glass" which was called Kristallnacht. This was when the Nazis invaded destroyed Jewish owned businesses.
The reason given was that it was the people's reaction to a German diplomat being assasinated by a Jew in Paris. In truth it was less a popular action than one carried out by the Nazis. It was a continuation of the Nazis' policy to see what the world would let them do to the Jews.
kristallnahct means the night of broken glass.on this night in 1938 the Nazis walked around and threw bricks and stones through all the Jewish shops.
The yellow star that Jewish people were forced to wear in the Holocaust, including in the book Night by Elie Wiesel, was a symbol of their identification and forced segregation by the Nazis. It served to dehumanize and isolate them while making them easy targets for discrimination and ultimately extermination in concentration camps.
Kristallnacht also called night of broken glass. many Jewish shops were looted. 93 Jews killed that night. many synagogues were burned to the ground. afterwards the Jews were forced to clean up . they were charged for the damages by the Nazis. also they had to give any insurance they collected to the Nazis. this was the writing on the wall for the jews, many began to try to flee the country.
The Jewish people call the hours between sundown and sunrise "nighttime" or "night." In Hebrew, it is referred to as "laylah."
The word means, Crystal Night, which refers to all the shattered glass which was caused by the damage the Nazis caused to Jewish buildings, shops etc. !!
The Nazi's didn't really associate them with communism and capitilism. It was my understanding that the Germans didn't like the Jewish people because when the world including Germany suffered from the great depression, the Jewish people were able to stay well- off because they owned their own little stores. So the Germans were angry with them and thought that they were the reason every thing was bad with their economy. On the night of broken glass the Germans went to Jewish shops and destroyed them.