Elie Wiesel's The Night Of Broken Glass

“The Night of Broken Glass” affected the Jews in big ways. Their families were endangered, their emotions were everywhere, and their sacred grounds were burned down in front of them. Jews were humiliated on the streets. Their shops and buildings were being torn down everywhere they looked. Not a single jew was protected, even the police didn’t help them, even though it was their job to do so. To begin with, during this time of grief the Jewish families were very much affected. “The frightened and fearful cries of the children resounded through the building.”(Herz) Even Jewish children were targeted as well as the parents and relatives. No one was even remotely safe during that event. “In the meantime our ‘family’ had increased to 90, all of whom were places in a small hall in the school.”(Herz) The Germans gathered up families of Jews as well as individuals and put them into small enclosed areas. The Jews were killed if they tries to leave. Jewish families were not even one bit safe on that day. …show more content…
“A man across the street was trying to sneak away in the shadows.”(Kristallnacht) The Jews were scared for their life. They would try to escape because they feared about what the Germans were gonna do to them. “... as I need it urgently for me and my childs livelihood.”(Drexler) Some of the Jews worried about their own and their families livelihood. Since the Germans took their money it would have been hard to survive without food and money to buy essential things that they needed. That day made Jews feel scared, it made them worry about their families and their own lives, it made them feel many other emotions that should never be