Posts Tagged: Kristallnacht Germany
Torah Hid From Nazis Returns to Synagogue in Germany That Survived Kristallnacht
JNS.org - Four Torah scroll fragments rescued from a synagogue that was on fire during Kristallnacht 83 years ago have finally been returned to the...
Kristallnacht: A Lesson in How Incitement and Propaganda Lead to Horrific Violence
On November 9-10, 1938, the Nazis began destroying thousands of Jewish properties and homes throughout Germany. The onslaught became known as Kristallnacht -- the “Night...
Kristallnacht Remembrance to Feature Digital Images of ‘Restored’ Synagogues
JNS.org - The World Jewish Congress will mark the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht by projecting digital reconstructions of 18 synagogues destroyed by Nazis in Germany and...
Kristallnacht and the Legacy of Jew Hatred
The ninth of November was the anniversary of the Kristallnacht attack on the Jews of Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland in 1938. The Nazis unleashed...
US Senate to Submit Measure to Remember Kristallnacht, US Synagogue Shootings
JNS.org - A resolution to mark the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht, also noting the deadly synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway, Calif., will be introduced...
Merkel Marks Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ Against Jews With Synagogue Speech
Germany has a moral duty to fight rising antisemitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday in an emotional speech at a Berlin synagogue to mark...
Nearly 30 Percent of Germans Believe Jews Use ‘Dirty Tricks,’ Poll Finds
JNS.org - Eighty years after the Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) pogrom, nearly one-third of Germans harbor varying degrees of antisemitic beliefs, new research has revealed. Although...
Kristallnacht, and Our Modern-Day Approach to Antisemitism
Seventy-nine years ago, Nazis across Germany and Austria razed synagogues, smashed windows and murdered almost 100 innocent Jews in a violent pogrom. Kristallnacht -- or the "Night...
Kristallnacht: When America Failed the Jews
On November 11, 1938, a front-page story appeared in The New York Times. It read: “A wave of destruction, looting, and incendiarism unparalleled in Germany since the...
Swedish Jews Excluded From Kristallnacht Remembrance Over Security Fears
JNS.org - The Jewish community of Sweden was not invited to an annual anti-Nazi event commemorating Kristallnacht due to a perceived security risk, the Swedish newspaper...
Winnipeg Jews and Filipinos to Gather for Joint Kristallnacht Commemoration, Pay Homage to Role of Philippines in Rescue of Jews During Holocaust
For the first time ever, an annual event held in Winnipeg, Canada, to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht will be attended by the Canadian city's Filipino...
What Kristallnacht and Modern-Day Iran Have in Common
November marks the 34th anniversary of the 1979 US embassy siege in Iran, and the 75th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom in Nazi Germany. At first...
Kristallnacht Commemorations in Europe Hide Modern Day Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - While commemorations for the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht took place around the world last weekend, remembrance of the atrocity does not address...
Kristallnacht’s Long Shadow Hangs Over Europe
Kristallnacht. Seventy-five years later, the very word (Night of Broken Glass) still casts its long shadow. On Nov. 9th, 1938, a mass pogrom was unleashed...
