Introduction In the wee morning hours of November 10th, 1938, young men in brown uniforms wandered through Fürth, Germany, causing havoc. They forced the town’s Jews out of their homes, ransacking the dwellings as they went. They drove the Jews to Schlageter Square, where they stood until dawn. In the center of the anxious crowd stood a massive collection of sacred Jewish objects collected from the Jewish community house and the synagogues. Then, as the sun began to rise, the Nazis set the pyre and a synagogue alight. As the Nazis destroyed centuries of Jewish culture, thoughts of a pleasant future for Fürth’s Jewry went up in smoke (Confino 1-3).
The heinous events in Fürth were repeated that night in countless towns and cities across Germany. Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, was a night of murder, destruction, and horror. It occurred between the late hours of November 9th and the early hours of November 10th. Dressed as civilians, Hitler's secret police rounded up, arrested, beat, and even killed Jewish citizens. Synagogues, Jewish businesses, and …show more content…
Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda, suggested that the Jews had conspired in the attack on vom Rath. Nazi officials sent out commands to regional officers, who spread the word to their supporters. On the night of November 9, 1938, Nazi officials, stormtroopers, and Hitler Youth members would dress in civilian clothes and destroy Jewish lives. They were not to put Aryan life in danger, and they were to salvage records from synagogues. The Nazis did not claim an official relation to the commoners’ attacks, but they also said that they would not stop any violence that arose. Police officers and fireman were instructed to only intervene if an Aryan's life or property was in danger, though some damage still came to German property. Thus, Kristallnacht was
The heinous events in Fürth were repeated that night in countless towns and cities across Germany. Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, was a night of murder, destruction, and horror. It occurred between the late hours of November 9th and the early hours of November 10th. Dressed as civilians, Hitler's secret police rounded up, arrested, beat, and even killed Jewish citizens. Synagogues, Jewish businesses, and …show more content…
Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda, suggested that the Jews had conspired in the attack on vom Rath. Nazi officials sent out commands to regional officers, who spread the word to their supporters. On the night of November 9, 1938, Nazi officials, stormtroopers, and Hitler Youth members would dress in civilian clothes and destroy Jewish lives. They were not to put Aryan life in danger, and they were to salvage records from synagogues. The Nazis did not claim an official relation to the commoners’ attacks, but they also said that they would not stop any violence that arose. Police officers and fireman were instructed to only intervene if an Aryan's life or property was in danger, though some damage still came to German property. Thus, Kristallnacht was