There were many interpretations of the events that transpired on the 9th and 10 of November in Germany, more commonly known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass.” The effects and opinions of what transpired during Kristallnacht were seen shortly after the event itself took place. However, one of the most common opinions seen through various recountings of that night were thoughts of the German government and Nazi party trying to eradicate the Jews from the social and economic sphere of Germany. This can be seen in various documents and interviews of victims that both experienced and hear of the events of the Night of Broken Glass.
On account of Kristallnacht is told my Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger who experienced the violence and chaos of Kristallnacht first hand. She talks about how the night of Kristallnacht was her mother’s birthday and how her and her brother were very excited for it. She describes going to sleep and continues
All of a sudden some bricks and rocks were being thrown through our window and my brother was always braver than me. He was a year younger, but he was braver. And I was hiding under the blanket. And he went to the window to check to see what was going on. And he told me that it was the people in... our neighbors. The people of …show more content…
Thus the Nazi regime was forced to assess the pogrom largely as a failure. On November 12, 1938, more than one hundred representatives of the economy, the party, and the government came together at a conference chaired by Hermann Göring (1893-1946) at the Reich Aviation Ministry. The conference aimed to devise other ways to continue the isolation, the economic exploitation, and the expulsion of the Jews ... In a gesture of cynical opportunism, it was also decided that Germany’s Jews would be made to pay for all damage resulting from
On account of Kristallnacht is told my Susan Hilsenrath Warsinger who experienced the violence and chaos of Kristallnacht first hand. She talks about how the night of Kristallnacht was her mother’s birthday and how her and her brother were very excited for it. She describes going to sleep and continues
All of a sudden some bricks and rocks were being thrown through our window and my brother was always braver than me. He was a year younger, but he was braver. And I was hiding under the blanket. And he went to the window to check to see what was going on. And he told me that it was the people in... our neighbors. The people of …show more content…
Thus the Nazi regime was forced to assess the pogrom largely as a failure. On November 12, 1938, more than one hundred representatives of the economy, the party, and the government came together at a conference chaired by Hermann Göring (1893-1946) at the Reich Aviation Ministry. The conference aimed to devise other ways to continue the isolation, the economic exploitation, and the expulsion of the Jews ... In a gesture of cynical opportunism, it was also decided that Germany’s Jews would be made to pay for all damage resulting from