The Bizarre Story of Kristallnacht - The Great Anti-German Spectacle (1991) by Ingrid Weckert

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Ingrid Weckert

The Bizarre Story of Kristallnacht - The Great Anti-German Spectacle (1991)

The Bizarre Story of Kristallnacht - The Great Anti-German Spectacle (1991) by Ingrid Weckert

“Crystal Night” is the name that’s been given to the night of 9-10 November 1938. In almost all large German cities and some smaller ones that night, store windows of Jewish shops were broken, Jewish houses and apartments were destroyed, and synagogues were demolished and set on fire. Many Jews were arrested, some were beaten, and some were even killed. The “Reich Crystal Night” (Reichskristallnacht) was one of the most shameful events of National Socialist Germany. Although the Jews suffered initially, the greatest harm was ultimately done to Germany and the German people. Even people who are sympathetic to National Socialism cannot understand how this event could have happened. Julius Streicher, the so-called “number one Jew baiter” [1] for example, was shocked when he first learned about the demonstrations and destruction the next morning. The all-important question is: Who was responsible for the incident? It is generally accepted, especially by contemporary historians, that the Nazi gang organized and carried out the pogrom, and that the chief instigator was Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels.

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