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Kristallnacht

Noun

Meaning

Kristallnacht

(historical, Nazism) The night of November 9–10, 1938, when a state-organized night of terror was staged against Jews in Germany and Austria.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

About the humiliations to which Hausdorff and his family especially were exposed to after Kristallnacht in 1938, much is known and from many different sources, such as from the letters of Bessel-Hagen. Source: Internet

After Kristallnacht in 1938, harassment of Jews became more intense, so that many of them emigrated or were arrested. Source: Internet

As we commemorate the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, here is one more for the record: The story of my husband's cousin, a Holocaust survivor. Source: Internet

However, 9 November was also the anniversary of the first large-scale Nazi-led pogroms against Jews in 1938 ( Kristallnacht ), so the day was considered inappropriate as a national holiday. Source: Internet

Memorial stone marking the site of the synagogue in the Lauerstrasse During the Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, Nazis burned down synagogues at two locations in the city. Source: Internet

He named the condition Judeophobia. citation error In the aftermath of the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, German propaganda minister Goebbels announced: "The German people is anti-Semitic. Source: Internet

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