The shards of glass that covered the streets and the smoke that filled the air of burning homes and synagogues throughout Germany, annexed Austria, some areas of Czechoslovakia that had been occupied by Nazis on the days of November 9 and 10, 1938 is known as one of the most memorable events when the Nazis had displayed anti-Semitic behavior, this incident is called Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht is one of the most hateful oppression of an ethnicity in history and describes how the act of one Jew was transformed to being the act of all Jews. Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and executed close to a hundred Jews. This was a significant event during the Holocaust which led to the imprisonment …show more content…
Behind the scenes Adolf Hitler played a role as well, in Donald L. Niewyk’s book The Holocaust on page 25 author Ian Kershaw, in regards to Kristallnacht, states, “What anger Hitler harboured was purely at an “action” that threatened to engulf him in unpopularity.” If Hitler had not feared the loss of followers and supporters he would have been more in the spotlight taking credit for things during these those two night of hell on the 9 and 10 but although he was not wanting it to be known that he was a part of this horrid act, he did not say anything speaking against the event …show more content…
This meeting consisted of Hermann Göring, Reinhard Heydrich, Joseph Goebbels, and Walter Funk. The purpose of these meeting was to do two things which were make Jews accountable for Kristallnacht. This meant Jews were enforced to pay for the property damage that happened as result of the event and they also had to pay retribution of one billion Reich marks on account of the assassination of Vom Rath. The second objective this conference wanted to achieve was making new anti-Semitic laws which during his speech Göring states, “and I implore competent agencies to take all measures for the elimination of the Jew from the German economy, and to submit them to me.” This meeting is imperative because it marks another major point in the path leading up to what is called the “Final
The Holocaust could be best described as the widespread genocide of over eleven million Jews and other undesirables throughout Europe from 1933 to 1945. It all began when Adolf Hitler, Germany's newest leader, enforced the Nuremburg Race Laws. These laws discriminated against Jews and other undesirables and segregated them from the rest of the population. As things grew worse, Jews were forced to wear the Star of David on their clothing. The laws even stripped them of their citizenship.
Kristallnacht was a savage night where hundreds where murdered. In addition, Kristallnacht means the night of broken glass in German, and The Night of Broken Glass occurred on the night of November 9th until November 10th. Kristallnacht took place in small parts of Austria, Sudentland, and all over Germany in addition discrimination of the Jews had dated all the way back to 1935 by Germans. Two years before Kristallnacht, Jews were treated unfairly and ignored by the society, furthermore Germans did not allow Jews attend public parks and in 1936, Jews were banned to come see the Olympic Games which were held in Germany at the time. Kristallnacht got its nickname The Night of Broken Glass due to the fact that during November 9th and 10th rioters and police, violent and extreme, sh...
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He and Adolph Hitler saw Grynspan’s actions as an opportunity to incite Germans to “rise in bloody vengeance against the Jews.” They pounced on this opportunity. His actions gave the Nazis the “perfect” propagandist advantage to initiate violence against the Jews. On November 9, 1938, Joseph Goebbels gave an emotional speech that furthered the agenda of the Third Reich against the Jews. He spoke in the city of Munich to members of the Nazi party who had gathered to commemorate the anniversary of Hitler’s first attempt to gain power. Joseph Goebbels, Reinhard Heydrich, and Heinrich Himmler “ordered ‘spontaneous demonstrations’ of protest against the Jewish citizens of Munich” according to the article published by History.com regarding what eventually became known as Kristallnacht. These orders were not really spontaneous and as written by The Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, “At the time of the murder, ideas of a ‘public punishment of the Jews’ had been in the air for a long time. Orders were sent to German Storm Troopers to attack and destroy Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues throughout Germany, not just Munich.” They were also told to dress as civilians to avoid any government connection. While Adolph Hitler was never officially tied to the attack, he was believed by many to have given the secret order for the raid to happen. Police and fire departments were told to not interfere in the
After The Great depression and World War I, Germany was left in a fragile state. The economy was ruined, many people were unemployed and all hope was lost. The Nazis believed it wasn’t their own fault for the mess, but those who were inferior to the German people. These Nazi beliefs lead to and resulted in cruelty and suffering for the Jewish people. The Nazis wanted to purify Germany and put an end to all the inferior races, including Jews because they considered them a race. They set up concentration camps, where Jews and other inferior races were put into hard labor and murdered. They did this because Nazis believed that they were the only ones that belonged in Germany because they were pure Germans. This is the beginning of World War 2. The Nazi beliefs that led to and resulted in the cruelty and suffering of the Jewish people
Mckale, Donald, A case of Nazi "Justice": The Punishment of Party Members Involved in the Kristallnacht, 1938, Jewish Social Studies, Vol.35, No. 3/4 (Jul.-Oct. 1973), pp. 228-238
November 9th, 1938: The precursor to the Holocaust or the start of it itself? In either case, by November 11th––with thousands of Jewish stores looted and/ or destroyed, several hundred synagogues burned down, and houses vandalized and robbed––the appearance of war had seemingly passed through Central Germany. Kristallnacht, otherwise known as the “Night of Broken Glass”, was one the events that most likely struck fear into all the hearts and minds of the Jewish family's within Hitler's Third Reich. The atrocities committed against a whole population within a region were all caused by one young man's actions, which shows how ruthless yet organized the Nazi regime truly was. Oppressing Jews was the Nazi's way of showing Germany who was in control and those against it would be silenced in one way or another.
In the Holocaust, the Nazis persecuted and murdered over 6 million Jews during a four and a half year period. By the 1930s the Nazis rose in power and all the Jews became victims. One of the ways the Nazis persecuted the Jews, was putting them into tight confined places called ghettos were they suffered for many years.
However, it was not until late fall that the pogrom fully took shape. The attack on the Jews was soon followed by measures designed to rob them of their economic status. A meeting was held soon after Kristallnacht where it was discussed of who would be held financially responsible for the devastation. Although it was the Nazis that implemented the violence, it was decided that the German Jews were to be held responsible for all damages. They levied fines, confiscated property, and implemented other restrictions on Jewish freedom. Jews were to be eliminated from all positions in public life, forbidden from riding in the same train cars, prohibited from visiting restaurants, stores, and other recreation locations, and their passports and licenses were
It is told that on the night of November 9 and early November 10, 1938, Nazis incited a pogrom against the Jewish in Austria and Germany. It is termed, “Kristallnact” (“Night of Broken Glass). This night of violence included pillaging and burning of synagogues, breaking of the windows in Jewish owned businesses, looting, and physically attacking of Jewish people. Approximately, 30,000...
The holocaust was a catastrophic event that killed millions of innocent people and showed the world how inhuman mankind can be. This dark period in world history demonstrated unmatched violence and cruelty towards the Jewish race that led toward genocide. Genocide did not begin with the Holocaust; nor was it a spontaneous event. Many warning signs within world events helped provide Germany and Adolf Hitler the foundation to carry out increasing levels of human depravity (Mission Statement). These warning signs during the Holocaust include; Anti-Semitism, Hitler Youth, Racial profiling, the Ghettos, Lodz, Crystal Night, Pogroms, and Deportation. However, their exposure comes too late for the world to help prevent the horrors of the Holocaust. For example, Anti-Semitism was never put into reality until the holocaust overcame the attitudes of its’ German Citizens. It also provided the driving force behind the education of the Hitler youth. Hitler’s persuasive characteristics consumed the people into believing all of his beliefs. This is how racial profiling came about; Hitler made it so that the Germans had the mindset that Jews were horrible, filthy, people that did not deserve to live like the Germans or have the same luxuries. As a result, they moved all the Jews into one secluded area away from the German citizens; an area called the Ghettos. One of these Ghettos was the town of Lodz, who kept meticulous historical records of everything that went on in the city. However, it was not a safe for Jews; never feeling at ease not knowing the uncertainties or dangers lying ahead. For instance, in Crystal Night, they did not know that it would be the last night for some of them to be with their families. In general, Jews were just living...
...s of the Holocaust, the Allies held the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46, which made the horrifying actions of the Nazis known all over. The Ally forces pressured Germany to create a homeland for those who suffered through the Holocaust. Over the decades that followed, ordinary Germans struggled with the Holocaust’s bitter legacy, as survivors and the families of victims tried to regain their property and wealth that was taking away during the Holocaust. In 1953, the German government made payments to individual Jews and to the Jewish people as a way of apologizing for the crimes which were committed by the German people.
On April 1, 1933, the Nazis started their first action against the Jews by announcing a boycott of all Jewish- run businesses. About five months later, the Nuremberg Laws were issued on September 15, 1935. These excluded Jews from public life and also took away their citizenship as well. On November 9-10, 1938; burning of synagogues and destroying of Jewish business took place. Jews were physically attacked and about 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps. This night was also known as “Kristallnacht” or “Night of Broken Glass”. Also on November 9th Hershel Grynszpan, a 17 year old Jewish boy, shot Ernest vom Rath because he was departed from his family. Rath was the third secretary in the Ger...
The Holocaust was the murder and persecution of approximately 6 million Jews and many others by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The Nazis came to power in Germany in January of 1933. The Nazis thought that the “inferior” Jews were a threat to the “racially superior” German racial community. The death camps were operated from 1941 to 1945, and many people lost their lives or were forced to work in concentration camps during these years. The story leading up to the Holocaust, how the terrible event affected people’s lives, and how it came to and end are all topics that make this historic event worth learning about.
Approximately six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. When Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30th, 1933 there were 566,000 Jewish people living in Germany. The first concentration camp, Dachau, was created on March 22, 1933. Other concentration camps to be created during this time include Buchenwald and Ravensbruck. The first people to be arrested were Communists, labor leaders, and Communists. From 1933-1938 Jews gradually have their rights stripped away beginning with not being able to own land to not being considered citizens according to the Nuremberg Race Laws. Attacks on Jewish businesses and synagogues began on November 9th, 1938 when over the course of two days over 7,000 Jewish businesses and 250 synagogues were destroyed by Germans. Also, Jews were arrested and killed while these tragedies occurred. This series of events is known as Kristallnacht. It marks the beginning of the extreme discrimination and eventually genocide of the Jewish population.