kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, was a series of deadly attacks coordinated in Nazi Germany and Austria on the night of November 9, 1939 against the Jewish population. Throughout this night, Jewish owned businesses, synagogues, and other establishments with Jewish affiliation, were destroyed- their windows smashed and ransacked; Over 96 Jews were massacred, at least 300 committed suicide, and 30,000 arrested and taken to concentration camps. Over 7,000 Jewish owned businesses were destroyed, and over 1,000 synagogues burned. The kristallnacht was essentially a pre-cursor to the Nazi's "final solution" of extermination for the Jews.
Some Jewish representatives have already announced that they will boycott the event due to the presence of far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) member Dr. Walter Rosenkranz's presence.
Wuga worked as a ski instructor for the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association, teaching veterans who had lost limbs how to ski.
After October 7, we cannot return to “normal.” If we forget, we are doomed to repeat history.
Born in Berlin in 1927, Litke was saved by joining the Kindertransport to England. Now she has become a noted authority on that period.
The ceremony featured the lighting of a memorial flame in front of 500 students from schools across Portugal who took part in the event.
Some Jewish groups are tying their commemorations together with a statement on the current Gaza war — and some are using virtual reality technology to give their projects new dimensions.
The lives of Diaspora Jews also came to a halt on October 7. They, too, are at war.
The short answer is October 7, 2023 and Hamas’s barbaric, genocidal rampage against Israel.
Survivors from around the world call out for help in fighting rising antisemitism.
Holocaust survivor Manya Wallenfels said, “I think twice before I wear my Star of David. I am afraid to go to the synagogue."
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