Tag: Kristallnacht
March of the Living launches global interfaith initiative to commemorate Kristallnacht: #LetThereBeLight
On November 9, 1938, a two-day pogrom began during which the Nazis burned more than 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria on ‘Kristallnacht’ (The Night of Broken Glass), a critical moment...
Kristallnacht remains relevant 81 years later
This week Germany marks the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht, “The Night of Broken Glass.” The nationwide Nazi pogrom against that country’s Jewish community took place on Nov. 9-10, 1938, and is chiefly remembered for...
At Kristallnacht memorial service in Berlin, Jewish leaders sound alarm on anti-Semitism
It’s been 81 years since Kristallnacht (“The Night of Broken Glass”), when Nazis torched synagogues, vandalized thousands of Jewish homes, schools and businesses, and killed nearly 100 Jews on the night of Nov. 9-10,...
Germany to compensate Holocaust survivors who fled Nazis as kids, 80 years later
Eighty years later, Germany has said that it will compensate Jewish men and women who survived the Holocaust as children—most of whom lost their parents during the Shoah and years of World War II—according...
Vandals in Belgium damage Holocaust memorial
Vandals damaged a Holocaust memorial in the Belgian city of Ghent, some 50 kilometers west of Brussels, on the eve of a Kristallnacht (“Night of the Broken Glass”) commemoration.
The so-called Michaël Lustig monument, in...
At UN, Conference of Presidents remembers 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations commemorated the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or “Night of the Broken Glass,” last week at the United Nations.
“Anti-Semitism is back, and it needs to be fought...
Merkel on Kristallnacht: ‘We are living once again in a time of far-reaching change’
Eight decades after Kristallnacht, or the “Night of the Broken Glass,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned about modern-day racism.
“Today, we are living once again in a time of far-reaching change,” she said at a...
Lessons from Kristallnacht
Eighty years ago on Nov. 9, 1938, Nazis across Germany and Austria, as well as their enablers, razed synagogues, smashed windows and murdered almost 100 Jews in a violent pogrom known as Kristallnacht (“Night...
Germany, Yad Vashem mark 80 years since Kristallnacht
The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem held a memorial service and seminar on Nov. 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.” The event, a joint...
Nearly 30 percent of Germans believe Jews use ‘dirty tricks’
Eighty years after the Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) pogrom, nearly one-third of Germans harbor varying degrees of anti-Semitic beliefs, new research has revealed.
Although the research, conducted by Leipzig University in conjunction with the...