Go to this Web site again:
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394831
1. Why did the police participate in the destruction of the orphanage? You will find
an answer by going to page 97 of your Handouts and reading the document
“Hydrich instructs.”
2. Yitzhak Herz, in his testimony, refers to having been on good terms at the
orphanage with the same people who were now “passively watching the
destruction of the orphanage without much emotion” Can you comment on this?
Can you explain the sudden change in attitude?
3. Read the Epilogue: What is the real tragedy of Kristallnacht according to Leonard
Baker? NOTE: His short explanation is key to understanding the Nazi worldview