1. (aka: Kristallnacht/Night of Broken Glass)
November Pogroms

2. Preview Draw this NY Times political cartoon
What do each of the symbols represent?
What is the artist suggesting needs to be done? Why?

3. When: Why: Nov. 9-10, 1938 – Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia
November Pogroms
(aka: Kristallnacht/Night of Broken Glass)
When:
Nov. 9-10, 1938 – Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Why:
Retaliation for the assassination of German Diplomat Ernst von Rath in Paris by Jewish youth Herschel Grynszpan for the exile of his Polish parents from Germany.

4. Herschel Grynszpan

5. Violent attacks on Jews
at least 91 murdered
30,000 sent to Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen
Destruction of Jewish Property
Businesses (7,500)
Homes
Synagogues (267)
Cemeteries
Hospitals
Schools

11. First gov’t sponsored violence/Turning Point
Nazi officials planned it, but gave it the appearance of spontaneous riots
SS, Local Nazis supervised the destruction to prevent damage to German property

14. Adding Insult to Injury:
Nazis outlawed insurance companies from paying for property damage done during November Pogroms!!!

15. Response p. 32-37 Voices of the Holocaust
1. Who was the soldier who knocked
on the door?
2. Why did he warn the grandfather of
Krystallnacht?
3. Where did “Papa” go to hide?
4. What did “Papa” get from the U.S. embassy? Why was this important?
5. Compare the poem Crystal Night to Broken Glass, Broken Lives