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Aidan Rodriguez
Mrs. Davis
Advanced English 2
6 February 2017
Kristallnacht
The mistreatment of Jews started when Hitler came to power, but no one thought it would become a worldwide problem. Those small acts took place over a span of many years, and gradually became until the war ended. Hitler started with the boycotting of Jewish stores, then Kristallnacht, but it was the aftermath of Kristallnacht that inspired his concentration camps. The boycotting of Jewish stores was Hitler’s first act against the Jews. When Hitler came to power he had to choose the minister of propaganda and public enlightenment and he chose to put Goebbels, one of his faithful supporters, in charge. Gobbles arranged for Jewish businesses to be boycotted …show more content…
Herschel Grynszpan, a seventeen year old Polish Jew who lived in France, learned that the Nazis exiled his parents to Poland, and in retaliation he shot German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on November 7, 1938. When Rath died two days later, Goebbels used the assassination to rile Hitler’s supporters against the Jews. Goebbels plan worked and the assassination led to pogroms against the Jews, so although Kristallnacht appeared to be unplanned it was actually a planned pogrom against the Jews. The riots started November 9, and continued into the morning of November 10. These pogroms against the Jews became known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass,” because of the glass from the store windows that lay broken on the ground. The angry Germans killed dozens of people, looted over 7,000 Jewish businesses, burned over 250 synagogues, and looted Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes while the German police and fire brigades did nothing. The police officers did not do anything, because they were ordered by Nazi officials to do nothing about the riots unless they were going to harm Aryan-owned property, then they could put it out. At 1:20 a.m., a couple of hours into the riots, the head of the Security Police, Reinhard Heydrich, sent a telegram to SA leaders, Hitler’s military, giving them directives regarding the riots of Kristallnacht. SA and Hitler Youth units helped …show more content…
In result of Kristallnacht, a total of 7,775 Jewish businesses and synagogues were reported distorted or burned by the previous events, although they did not report how many Jewish homes or apartments were vandalized. Many Jews died during Kristallnacht including 56 women and children. Originally, the Nazis thought 36 people died, but that number eventually grew to 236. Many of those Jews died defending their homes or businesses, but others died of abuse or committed suicide. Many Jewish adults committed suicide in despair, but many others tried to escape with their families. After Kristallnacht, 30,000 Jewish men and teenagers between 16 and 60 were arrested and sent off to either the Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, or Dachau concentration camps. About 5,000 people died in those concentration camps because they were degraded, abused, tortured, and even killed by Nazi soldiers. After Kristallnacht, the Jews did not have money and were considered outcasts. They were no longer allowed to enter museums, playgrounds, swimming pools, and could no longer attend public schools. The young Jews and their parents were completely segregated. Hitler decided on November 10, that the Jews would have to fix the damage done to their town. The Germans charged the Jews 400 million US dollars of the riots. Kristallnacht showed that the Nazis were willing to kill a lot of people to prove a
Aidan Rodriguez
Mrs. Davis
Advanced English 2
6 February 2017
Kristallnacht
The mistreatment of Jews started when Hitler came to power, but no one thought it would become a worldwide problem. Those small acts took place over a span of many years, and gradually became until the war ended. Hitler started with the boycotting of Jewish stores, then Kristallnacht, but it was the aftermath of Kristallnacht that inspired his concentration camps. The boycotting of Jewish stores was Hitler’s first act against the Jews. When Hitler came to power he had to choose the minister of propaganda and public enlightenment and he chose to put Goebbels, one of his faithful supporters, in charge. Gobbles arranged for Jewish businesses to be boycotted …show more content…
Herschel Grynszpan, a seventeen year old Polish Jew who lived in France, learned that the Nazis exiled his parents to Poland, and in retaliation he shot German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on November 7, 1938. When Rath died two days later, Goebbels used the assassination to rile Hitler’s supporters against the Jews. Goebbels plan worked and the assassination led to pogroms against the Jews, so although Kristallnacht appeared to be unplanned it was actually a planned pogrom against the Jews. The riots started November 9, and continued into the morning of November 10. These pogroms against the Jews became known as Kristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass,” because of the glass from the store windows that lay broken on the ground. The angry Germans killed dozens of people, looted over 7,000 Jewish businesses, burned over 250 synagogues, and looted Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes while the German police and fire brigades did nothing. The police officers did not do anything, because they were ordered by Nazi officials to do nothing about the riots unless they were going to harm Aryan-owned property, then they could put it out. At 1:20 a.m., a couple of hours into the riots, the head of the Security Police, Reinhard Heydrich, sent a telegram to SA leaders, Hitler’s military, giving them directives regarding the riots of Kristallnacht. SA and Hitler Youth units helped …show more content…
In result of Kristallnacht, a total of 7,775 Jewish businesses and synagogues were reported distorted or burned by the previous events, although they did not report how many Jewish homes or apartments were vandalized. Many Jews died during Kristallnacht including 56 women and children. Originally, the Nazis thought 36 people died, but that number eventually grew to 236. Many of those Jews died defending their homes or businesses, but others died of abuse or committed suicide. Many Jewish adults committed suicide in despair, but many others tried to escape with their families. After Kristallnacht, 30,000 Jewish men and teenagers between 16 and 60 were arrested and sent off to either the Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, or Dachau concentration camps. About 5,000 people died in those concentration camps because they were degraded, abused, tortured, and even killed by Nazi soldiers. After Kristallnacht, the Jews did not have money and were considered outcasts. They were no longer allowed to enter museums, playgrounds, swimming pools, and could no longer attend public schools. The young Jews and their parents were completely segregated. Hitler decided on November 10, that the Jews would have to fix the damage done to their town. The Germans charged the Jews 400 million US dollars of the riots. Kristallnacht showed that the Nazis were willing to kill a lot of people to prove a