KRISTALLNACHT

BACKGROUND

• November 7th, 1938
• Herschel Grynszpan shot Ernst vom Rath
• News of death
• Goebbels speech
• Security Service sent orders (Glaser)

EVENT: WHO AND WHY

• Nazi storm troopers
• German citizens
• Antisemitism and Nazi propaganda
• Posters, books, newspaper, films, speeches, and radio
• Inspired by Goebbels' speech (Hodge 22)

EVENT: WHAT HAPPENED

• November 9th, 1938
• Businesses, schools, homes, hospitals and cemetaries destroyed
• Stolen possesssions
• Terrorized and killed Jews ("Kristallnacht")
• Deported to concentration camps

IMPACT

• More laws suppressing Jews
• Jews accountable (cole)
• Not safe
• Religious Society of Friends
• Refugee Children's Movement

WORKS CITED

Cole, Tim. "Kristallnacht." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Washington D.C. 20 June 2014. 24 February 2015.

Glaser, Mark. "Kristallnacht." American Experience. Arlington VA, WGBH Educational Foundation. 1996-2009. 23 February 2015.

Hodge, Deborah. Rescuing the Children. Toronto: Tundra Books 2012.

"Kristallnacht." History. A&E Television Networks, LLC. 2015. 23 February 2015.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4dF7ndZEYKY