Ernst vom Rath.
The German government wanted to create the impression that the German people were unhappy with the Jews. The purported reason was that the German people were unhappy with the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jew.
Kristallnacht was triggered by the assassination in France of a German diplomat, Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew. In a coordinated attack on Jewish people and their property, 91 Jews were murdered and some 30,000 were arrested and deported to concentration camps. More than 200 synagogues were destroyed and thousands of homes and businesses were ransacked. Kristallnacht also served as a pretext and a means for the wholesale confiscation of firearms from German Jews
Joseph Goebbels publicly blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, claiming that it was a spontaneous reaction by the German population to the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jewish refugee. He portrayed it as a justified response against Jewish economic and social influence in Germany.
It all happened on November 9, 1938 when violence against Jews broke out across the Reich. It appeared to be unplanned anger over the assassination of a German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager but the fact was that German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis carefully organized the pogroms. The morning after, German Jewish men were arrested for the crime of being Jewish and sent to concentration camps.
Kristallnacht had nothing to do with military strategy. Please see related question.
Kristallnacht was triggered by the assassination in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew. In a coordinated attack on Jewish people and their property, 91 Jews were murdered and 25,000 to 30,000 were arrested and placed in concentration camps.
The German government wanted to create the impression that the German people were unhappy with the Jews. The purported reason was that the German people were unhappy with the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jew.
Kristallnacht was triggered by the assassination in France of a German diplomat, Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew. In a coordinated attack on Jewish people and their property, 91 Jews were murdered and some 30,000 were arrested and deported to concentration camps. More than 200 synagogues were destroyed and thousands of homes and businesses were ransacked. Kristallnacht also served as a pretext and a means for the wholesale confiscation of firearms from German Jews
Joseph Goebbels publicly blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, claiming that it was a spontaneous reaction by the German population to the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jewish refugee. He portrayed it as a justified response against Jewish economic and social influence in Germany.
The murder of a German diplomat
The excuse the assassination of minor official at the German Embassy in Paris by a Jew.
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi Germany and Austria on 9 to 10 November 1938. It was triggered by the assassination in Paris of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew. In a coordinated attack on Jewish people and their property, 91 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 Kristallnacht -i.e. "Crystal night". Comes from night of broken glass. Broken glass of shop windows resembled crystals in the moonlight.
kristallnacht
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November 9, 1938, known as Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, was triggered by rising anti-Semitic sentiments and the Nazi regime's policies against Jews. The immediate catalyst was the assassination of a German diplomat in Paris by a Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which the Nazis used to incite violence against Jewish communities. This orchestrated pogrom resulted in widespread vandalism, destruction of synagogues, and arrest of thousands of Jews, marking a significant escalation in the Nazi campaign against Jews leading up to the Holocaust.
Kristallnacht had nothing to do with military strategy. Please see related question.
It all happened on November 9, 1938 when violence against Jews broke out across the Reich. It appeared to be unplanned anger over the assassination of a German official in Paris at the hands of a Jewish teenager but the fact was that German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis carefully organized the pogroms. The morning after, German Jewish men were arrested for the crime of being Jewish and sent to concentration camps.