1. Kristallnacht “The Night of Broken Glass”
By: Lisa Thongmanivong
Danielle Osoteo

2. The Beginning: Hershel Grynszpan
17 year old, Polish Jew student
November 7-9, 1938
Assassinated Ernst vom Rath, the Third Secretary of Germany Embassy
Reason: the deportation of his parents to Poland from Germany
Vom Rath
shot on Nov. 7 ,1938
died on Nov. 9 from his injuries
Many other Jews were also being deported
Hershel felt that the circumstances for his parents were unfair
Grynszpan

3. Third’s Secretary Death Outcomes
Death reached Nazi authority quickly
Nazi leaders met up at Munich 
“Jews should be punished for Vom Rath’s death.”−Snippet of Minister Joseph Goebbels’s speech
began instructing police officers and planned a mob attack
The death brought an outrage toward the Nazi Party
Minister Joseph Goebbels says a speech about incident
These ideas were planned on the same day of Vom Rath’s death

4. Destruction Nov. 9-10, Nazi Party initiated a mob attack at Jews
Nazi mobs torched, vandalized, destroyed Jewish properties
German police and fireman were ordered not to do anything
Jewish communities littered with broken glass
 areas of Jews: homes, schools, businesses, hospitals and cemeteries.
Firefighters only stopped fires for German properties
Streets littered of glass, gained name of “Night of Broken Glass”

5. AFTERMATH 7000 Jewish businesses destroyed Fire to 900 synagogues
91 Jews killed
30,000 sent to concentration camps
Jews were to pay $400billion for the damage
synagogues: Jewish buildings of worship
most were men sent to concentration camps
Ger. Gov. fined the Jewish community.
U.S heard of this event and took no action

6. Outcome of Kristallnacht
Provided the Nazi government with an opportunity to annihilate Jews from German public life
Conditions worsened for Jews
banned from economic/public life
An event that initiated the begininning of the holocaust
Kristallnacht were initiated by the Germans’ rage.
Banned:
Jewish children unable to attend school,
Jewish businesses were not allowed to reopen,
They were prohibited from selling goods
engaging in craft works
serving as managers.
Being members of corporations

7. WORKS CITED "Kristallnacht“ pbs.org. 22 Oct. 2013.
“Kristallnacht: A Nationwide Pogrom, November 9–10, 1938“ ushmm.org 21 Oct. 2013,
“The "Night of Broken Glass“ ushmm.org. 22 Oct. 2013,
“Kristallnacht” history.com. 22 Oct
C. Peter Chen “Kristallnacht 9 Nov Nov 1938“ ww2db.com. 22 Oct. 2013