Rabbi Gerd Jacob (Zwienicki) Wiener was a young Jewish man in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler. In addition to the events that occurred throughout the control of Hitler, Wiener approximately reflects 73 years later upon his memories that he experienced during Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht is an event that transpired on the 9th and 10th of November 1938 throughout Germany and German owned areas. Often referred to as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’ in the event of the anti-Jewish violence that occurred through the burning of synagogues, Jewish shops and homes being ransacked and mob violence against the Jews in the streets, while the police stood idly by . Wiener shares his recollections of the night of Kristallnacht through the eyes of a
