Research Paper On Night Of The Broken Glass

Kristallnacht, “Night of the Broken Glass”, was a pogrom by the Nazi Party, against the German and Austrian Jews. The Nazi Party was a government group in charge of Germany, that ran based on the idea that Jews were the enemy, and should be wiped out. Before Kristtalnacht, there had been acts of anti-semitism, but none quite as big. This was the big event that made people look up from their own lives and realize the Nazis were dangerous. It served as a warning for both Jews, and westerners who were outside the conflict. This horrifc event was truly the turning point in the Holocaust. It is treated as a symbol of the Holocaust, being one of the most unexpected and destructive events as well as the first. It is also considered the starting point,

While he survived the initial blast, he was pierced by shrapnel. Two days after the attack, he died of an infection on June 4, 1942. Himmler and Hitler himself mourned his death, calling him “one of the best National Socialists, one of the staunchest defenders of the concept of the German Reich and one of the greatest opponents of all enemies of this Reich.” On June 9th, Reinhard Heydrich’s funeral was held. At the same time, Hitler ordered a series of retaliatory attacks to be launched. They were focused on two small Czech towns, Lidice und Leáky. At the commemoration for the Beer Hall Putsch, Goebels gave a speech. The speech was taken as a command for action, and regional party leaders gave instructions to their members to act. The violence started late at night, and occurred through the early morning. Kristallnacht was supposed to appear to be from the public, and spontaneous. In reality, it was highly organized and controlled by the Nazi Party. Reinhar Heydrich gave orders to the Sturmführer (the Nazi party militia) and Hitler Youth groups to attack. They were dressed in civilian clothing, to support the public. Heydrich was the ringleader behind it all, and he was the one issuing the

Many took the opportunity of being in temples to destroy and loot them. On top of all this destruction, they were instructed to bring back as many Jews as the local jail could hold, preferably healthy young men. Herschel Gryszpan is largely forgotten, even though he played a huge part in history. He was the reason that the Nazi party gave for bringing about Kristallnacht. Herschel Grynszpan was 17 years old, a Polish Jew living abroad in Paris, away from his family. After a new series of laws were published in October 1938, Jews were allowed to be kicked out of Germany and not allowed re-entry. Poland also did not allow the displaced Jews into their country, and most ended up stuck on the border. Of these stuck people, most ended up in Polish concentration camps. This is what happened to the Gryszpan family. Upon hearing this news, Herschel was enraged, and sent a letter to his uncle who lived in Paris. The letter read “I have to protest in a way that the whole world hears my protest, and this I intend to do. I beg your forgiveness.” On November 7th, he went to the German Embassy in Paris, and asked to speak to an