This was the first time Nazi officials made massive arrests of Jews specifically because they were Jews, without any further cause for arrest. The name Kristallnacht comes from the sight of glass on the streets from the windows of synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses and homes being broken. On November 910, 1938, Nazi leaders unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and recently incorporated territories. "[58], The extent of the damage done on Kristallnacht was so great that many Germans are said to have expressed their disapproval of it, and to have described it as senseless. However, due to the lack of interest and customer loyalty to Jews ' businesses, the boycott failed. Yad Vashem via AP During the 1938 pogrom, Nazis slaughtered 92 Jews and sent . Kristallnacht, literally, "Night of Crystal," is often referred to as the "Night of Broken Glass." During the Holocaust, the Night of the Broken Glass occurred; A night of terror for many Jewish people changing the lives of them all. [39] The SA and Hitler Youth shattered the windows of about 7,500 Jewish stores and businesses, hence the name Kristallnacht (Crystal Night), and looted their goods. Some lawmakers who hoped to change the countrys restrictive immigration quota laws saw an opportunity in the wave of sympathy among Americans for refugees after Kristallnacht. Police were also instructed to seize Jewish archives from synagogues and community offices, and to arrest and detain "healthy male Jews, who are not too old", for eventual transfer to (labor) concentration camps. We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Sarah Ann Gordon sees two possible reasons for this difference. Learn about Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), November 910, 1938 propaganda. [25] Four thousand were granted entry into Poland, but the remaining 8,000 were forced to stay at the border. The rubble of ruined synagogues had to be cleared by the Jewish community. [80] An account cited that Hitler's green light for Kristallnacht was made with the belief that it would help him realize his ambition of getting rid of the Jews in Germany. [67] In 1939 this was extended to a prohibition on reporting any anti-Jewish measures. As with the broken window, war causes resources and capital to be . He went on to explain: "The German people are anti-Semitic. The night of broken glass. Broken glass. According to Eugene Davidson the reason for this was that Hitler wished to avoid being directly connected to an event that he was aware that many of those present condemned, regardless of Goebbels's unconvincing explanation that Kristallnacht was caused by popular wrath. [78], After the end of World War II, there were hundreds of trials over Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht: The Nazi Night of Terror. Just before midnight on November 9, Gestapo chief Heinrich Mller sent a telegram to all police units informing them that in shortest order, actions against Jews and especially their synagogues will take place in all of Germany. Jews could no longer gain admittance to German theaters, movie cinemas, or concert halls. On the 1st of April 1933, the SA organized a boycott of all Jewish shops and businesses. It was 2 a.m., but the sky was already bright. Mobs of SA men roamed the streets, attacking Jews in their houses and forcing Jews they encountered to perform acts of public humiliation. They were involved in the destruction on Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction. The son of a US consular official heard the janitor of his block cry: "They must have emptied the insane asylums and penitentiaries to find people who'd do things like that!"[45]. The event was called Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass," because of the shattered glass from the store windows that cost over $5 million mark ($1,250,000 in U.S.) the next day 30,000 Jewish men were arrested for the being Jewish and sent to concentration camps. [28] Their seventeen-year-old son Herschel was living in Paris with an uncle. The name is a reference to the broken glass that resulted from the destruction. I should not want to leave any doubt, gentlemen, as to the aim of today's meeting. 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Beyond expressing outrage at the violence, the outside world did little to help. Rioters ransacked and looted about 7,500 Jewish businesses, killed at least 91 Jews, and vandalized Jewish hospitals, homes, schools, and cemeteries. NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS - The Washington Post By Patricia Brennan November 6, 1988 The night of Nov. 9, 1938, was cold in Germany and Austria, and so was the message Adolf Hitler sent to Jews. Kristallnacht resulted in the destruction of Jewish homes and hospitals. [86], In 2014, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from billionaire Thomas Perkins that compared the "progressive war on the American one percent" of wealthiest Americans and the Occupy movement's "demonization of the rich" to the Kristallnacht and antisemitism in Nazi Germany. This is what the Nazis say caused Kristallnacht. The legislation made further strides in removing Jews from public life. I do not hear your heartbeat. This massive campaign of anti-Jewish violence is known as Kristallnacht, meaning "Crystal Night" in German. The United States was the only nation to recall its ambassador and would not replace him until after the end of the war in 1945. The Reich government confiscated all insurance payouts to Jews whose businesses and homes were looted or destroyed, leaving the Jewish owners personally responsible for the cost of all repairs. The local fire departments confined themselves to prevent the flames from spreading to neighboring buildings. Early reports estimated that 91 Jews had been murdered. E ighty years ago, on the night of Nov. 9-10, 1938 known as Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass synagogues were set on fire, store windows were smashed and Jewish homes broken into in . "use strict";(function(){var insertion=document.getElementById("citation-access-date");var date=new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined,{month:"long",day:"numeric",year:"numeric"});insertion.parentElement.replaceChild(document.createTextNode(date),insertion)})(); FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Despite the outward appearance of spontaneous violence, and the local cast which the pogrom took on in various regions throughout the Reich, the central orders Heydrich relayed gave specific instructions: the "spontaneous" rioters were to take no measures endangering non-Jewish German life or property; they were not to subject foreigners (even Jewish foreigners) to violence; and they were to remove all synagogue archives prior to vandalizing synagogues and other properties of the Jewish communities, and to transfer that archival material to the Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, or SD). Georg Landauer to Martin Rosenbluth, 8 February 1938, cited in Friedlnder, loc. "[29] He received the postcard on 3 November 1938. But one night in Berlin, the Nazis changed everything. [5] The Times of London observed on 11 November 1938: "No foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before the world could outdo the tale of burnings and beatings, of blackguardly assaults on defenceless and innocent people, which disgraced that country yesterday. A German word for broken glass; an event that occured on the nights on November 9 and 10 in which Hitler's nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews, and nearly 100 jews died. After Kristallnacht, the Nazi regime made Jewish survival in Germany impossible. These laws resulted in the exclusion and alienation of Jews from German social and political life. The Polish government threatened to extradite all Jews who were Polish citizens but would stay in Germany, thus creating a burden of responsibility on the German side. ), pp. The violence continued during the day of November 10, and in some places acts of violence . Herschel Grynszpan carried a revolver and thoughts of revenge with him as he walked through the streets of Paris . Hammer I Miss You 8. New York: Times Books, 1989. The turning point. Germans remember 1938's 'night of broken glass'. "[61] Less than 24 hours after Kristallnacht, Adolf Hitler made a one-hour long speech in front of a group of journalists where he completely ignored the recent events on everyone's mind. [1] This event was known as "Kristallnacht" a.k.a "The Night of Broken Glass". [30] However, he also argued that the anti-Semitic laws were "necessary" to allow the Volksgemeinschaft to flourish. The Nuremberg Laws, passed in September 1935, decreed that only Aryans could be full German citizens. Kristallnacht (krstl-nkht) [Ger.,=night of crystal], in German history, the night of Nov. 9, 1938, a night of violence against Jews and of destruction of the businesses and other property belonging to them. [82], Five decades later, 9 November's association with the anniversary of Kristallnacht was cited as the main reason as to why Schicksalstag, the day the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, was not turned into a new German national holiday; a different day was chosen (3 October 1990, German reunification). One such administrator was Breckinridge Long, who was responsible for carrying out policies relating to immigration. B. rousseau Cuti Sekolah. Other Quizlet sets. Eugene Davidson. View the list of all donors. On 6 December 1938, William Cooper, an Aboriginal Australian, led a delegation of the Australian Aboriginal League on a march through Melbourne to the German Consulate to deliver a petition which condemned the "cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany". Being a Jew is not a crime, Grynszpan said. It's So Useless 9. "Nazis Smash, Loot and Burn Jewish Shops and Temples Until Goebbels Calls Halt". At his press conference on November 15, 1938, one week after Kristallnacht, President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Nazi Germanys terror attack on Jews, saying, I myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur in a twentieth-century civilization. FDR made an exception to his practice of off-the-record press conferences by allowing newspapers to quote this statement from his meeting with reporters that day. But police arrested the victims and firefighters were ordered not to intervene. It was premiered at the 1988 Berlin Jazz Festival and received rave reviews. Use any sturdy box as long as it will not weigh more than 25 pounds when full. This wave of violence took place throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops. From November 9 to 10, 1938, in an incident known as Kristallnacht, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses, and murdered close to 100 Jews. In response to the news of Nazi terror against Jews, Americans protested in cities including New York and Los Angeles. After assessing the fine, Hermann Gring remarked: The swine wont commit another murder. Nazi officials disguised the organized nature of the pogroms. Synagoguesburned throughout the night. Chapter 13 Test Study Guide. Tombstones were uprooted and graves violated. If you find an error, please let us know. Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution. From November 9 to 10, 1938, in an . Word of his death reached Hitler that evening while he was with several key members of the Nazi party at a dinner commemorating the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. In the United States, for instance, it was this specific incident which came to symbolize Nazism and it was also the reason as to why the Nazis became associated with evil. The Reich confiscated any compensation claims that insurance companies paid to Jews. ", This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 21:52. In it, Schwarzenegger said the rampage was America's "Night of Broken Glass" - referring to the Kristallnacht of 1938 when shards of broken glass littered the streets of Nazi Germany after the . A Catholic nun was sentenced to death in 1945 for helping Jews. World opinion thus turned sharply against the Nazi regime, with some politicians calling for war. This was the first time Nazi officials made massive arrests of Jews specifically because they were Jews, without any further cause for arrest. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact date when the Holocaust began, but Kristallnacht ("the Night of Broken Glass") is by all accounts a key milestone leading up to the destruction of European Jewry. They were forced to pay Judenvermgensabgabe, a collective fine or "atonement contribution" of one billion Reichsmarks for the murder of vom Rath (equivalent to 4 billion 2021 or 7billion in 2020 USD), which was levied by the compulsory acquisition of 20% of all Jewish property by the state. "[44], Many Berliners were however deeply ashamed of the pogrom, and some took great personal risks to offer help. However, prior to Kristallnacht, these Nazi policies had been primarily nonviolent. ANS WE R: Na z i s a nd c ol l a bora t ors l a unc he d t he fi rs t na t i onwi de vi ol e nc e a ga i ns t Ge rm a ny's J e ws , de s t royi ng hundre ds of s yna gogue s a nd l oot i ng m ore t ha n 7,000 bus i ne s s e s . [84], Kristallnacht was the inspiration for the 1993 album Kristallnacht by the composer John Zorn. "[26] Conditions in the refugee camps "were so bad that some actually tried to escape back into Germany and were shot", recalled a British woman who was sent to help those who had been expelled.[27]. "[73] Diarmaid MacCulloch argued that Luther's 1543 pamphlet, On the Jews and Their Lies was a "blueprint" for the Kristallnacht.[74]. Shortly before Kristallnacht, U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh toured Germany and was given a medal by Hermann Gring, commander of the German air force. Already living illegally in Paris himself, a desperate Grynszpan apparently sought revenge for his family's precarious circumstances by appearing at the German embassy and shooting the diplomatic official assigned to assist him. On the night of November 9, 1938, rampaging mobs attacked . Police were instructed not to interfere with the riots unless the guidelines were violated. [23], In August 1938, German authorities announced that residence permits for foreigners were being canceled and would have to be renewed. "[16], Kristallnacht was also instrumental in changing global public opinion. Kristallnacht (German pronunciation: [kstalnat] ()) or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (German: Novemberpogrome, pronounced [novm.b.poom] ()), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung (SA) paramilitary and Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German . Prior to the horrific "Night of Broken Glass" Jews ' material comforts and mental health declined due to the early Nazi anti-Jew moves in 1933. Significantly, Kristallnacht marks the first instance in which the Nazi regime incarcerated Jews on a massive scale simply on the basis of their ethnicity. The principle was developed . According to Volker Ullrich, "a line had been crossed: Germany had left the community of civilised nations. The "night of broken glass" was a Nazi pogrom that foreshadowed the Holocaust. Although he knew extending the visas could raise congressional objection, the president made his position clear. I am not a dog. 16)". magazine was able to publish some images in its November 28, 1938, issue. PBS: American Experience.Kristallnacht: 1938. cit. [22] Mommsen stated: The need for money by the party organization stemmed from the fact that Franz Xaver Schwarz, the party treasurer, kept the local and regional organizations of the party short of money. Life would never be the same. Kristallnacht was the result of that rage. "The sovereigns", Kibbutz Kfar Blum (Palestine), 1945, p. 171 cited in Gilbert, op.cit., p 67. The Daily Telegraph correspondent, Hugh Greene, wrote of events in Berlin: "Mob law ruled in Berlin throughout the afternoon and evening and hordes of hooligans indulged in an orgy of destruction. The Day the Holocaust Began: The Odyssey of Herschel Grynszpan. German censors sought to block images of Kristallnacht from reaching newspapers in the United States. Pehle, Walter H., editor. Kristallnacht, also called the "Night of Broken Glass," was the start of a violent campaign launched on German Jewish people by Nazis on November 9, 1938. The background of the pogrom was signified by a sharp cleavage of interests between the different agencies of party and state. Indeed, the effects of Kristallnacht would serve as a spur to the emigration of Jews from Germany in the months to come. Among other things, Hitlers Nazi Party, which espoused extreme German nationalism and anti-Semitism, commanded that all Jewish businesses be boycotted and all Jews be dismissed from civil service posts. Of course the "Night of Broken Glass" refers to Kristallnacht, an event that many feel marked the beginning of the Holocaust. [24] In the so-called "Polenaktion", more than 12,000 Polish Jews, among them the philosopher and theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and future literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki were expelled from Germany on 28 October 1938, on Hitler's orders. German Jews lost their right to hold a driver's license or own an automobile. Kristallnacht was a turning point in the history of the Third Reich, marking the shift . [62], In 1938, just after Kristallnacht, the psychologist Michael Mller-Claudius interviewed 41 randomly selected Nazi Party members on their attitudes towards racial persecution. https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/kristallnacht. I hear them marching. November 9th 1938. The violence of Kristallnacht served notice to Jews worldwide that Nazi anti-Semitism was not a temporary predicament and would only intensify. The synagogues, some centuries old, were also victims of considerable violence and vandalism, with the tactics the Stormtroops practiced on these and other sacred sites described as "approaching the ghoulish" by the United States Consul in Leipzig. The 17-year-old German refugee had just learned that his Polish-Jewish parents, along with thousands of other Jews, had been herded read more, The systematic persecution of German Jewry began with Adolf Hitlers rise to power in 1933. The official figure for Jewish deaths, released by German officials in the aftermath of Kristallnacht, was 91, but recent scholarship suggests that there were hundreds of deaths, especially if one counts those who died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed the pogrom. 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