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The Night of the Broken Glass: Kristallnacht's Forgotten Prelude
In November 1938, the Nazi regime orchestrated a wave of violence against Jewish communities across Germany and Austria. This episode zooms in on the specific events of Kristallnacht — the Night of Broken Glass — and its immediate aftermath. We follow the assassination of Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, the subsequent pogrom that destroyed 267 synagogues and 7,500 businesses, and the arrest of 30,000 Jewish men sent to concentration camps. We examine the role of Joseph Goebbels, the coordination between the SS and SA, and the international response. Key details: the Munich rally where…
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