• Kristellnacht was
the name of the
first major attack
on the Jewish
people.
“Kristallnacht”
means “night of
broken glass” and
with good reason.
The Germans
burned Jewish
stores and
buildings and
broke all the
windows. They
also robbed the
stores.
-April 28, 1938.
-This newspaper article describes a decree
passed that stated all Jewish people had to give
the German government all their fortunes and
property. -April 28, 1938.
-This decree was made to encourage the
emigration of Jewish people from Germany.
June 23 , 1938. Berlin, Germany.
On this night the propaganda minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels put a stamp of official approval of the new
feeling of anti-Semitism, this caused a massive crowd
of 120,000 people to scream out, “Out with Jews- Out
with Jews”. This article also describes how recently
all Jewish businesses were smeared with red paint so
anyone to pass by was aware. He was also stated to
have started open campaigns and riots against the
Jewish people with his speeches. “If people say, ‘why,
the Jews aren’t doing anything,’ I say why they are
provoking us with their very presence.”
Ernst Von Rath
• German Diplomat in
Paris
• Killed by Herschel
Grynszpan in
retaliation for his
parents expulsion to
Poland
-November 13, 1938.
-This paper describes the
punishment given to all Jews when
a German diplomat was killed by a
Polish-German Jew. That boys
name was Herschel Grynszpan, and
he had shot a government official
triggering Kristallnacht.
-This paper states that the Jews
were fined $400,000,000 and all of
the shops ruined had to pay for the
repairs
-It also lists the decrees issued
barring them from working in
certain businesses and excluding
them from theaters, movie houses
and other public presentations.
• Kristallnacht was
significant to the
Holocaust because it
was the first major
attack and started all
the later events in the
Holocaust. Night Of
Broken Glass got a
lot of Jews in the
concentration camps
and got a lot of them
killed.
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Who Spoke Out During
Kristallnacht?
• President Roosevelt recalled the German
Ambassador in protest
• He also extended the visas of over 12000
German Jews visiting in the US
• Widespread condemnation in the press
• Little concrete action with respect to
immigration issues