The Night Of Broken Glass By Kristallnacht

Buildings were burning. Jewish families fled in terror. German soldiers were obliterating every Jewish business and home in sight. Shards of glass were spread all throughout the streets. What was this abhorrent and tragic event? It was Kristallnacht ( or the Night of Broken Glass). The Night of Broken Glass changed the lives of Jewish Germans drastically. But, with the help of Oskar Schindler, some of the Jewish population was able to find a safe haven to live. The Night of Broken Glass changed the lives of German Jews by desolating their business ' and sending them to sweat shops to work. The word Kristallnacht, means crystal night in German. It is in reference to all of the broken shards of glass that were left all over the streets. It also …show more content…
The police department was instructed to not to intervene the attacks on the Jews but to keep the non-Jews safe, but worst of all the fire department was called, but not for the Jews. They were instructed to protect all of the non-Jewish homes and business ' ("The Holocaust Explained"). Besides all of the destruction, there was lots of stealing. Even though the laws prohibited this they didn 't get in trouble, because they were "obeying orders". Many adults were so horrified they tried to commit suicide , and families would try to escape, but their failed efforts made things worse (Vogelsang and Larsen). One Kristallnacht survivor named Werner Coppel, described it as this, he had heard about the killing of Rath a couple days before the actual destruction. All the synagogues were destroyed except for the one in his town because it would have burned the whole street. A couple years earlier all the Jewish I.D cards were stamped with a "J" for Jude. But during Kristallnacht all the Jewish men had to add "Israel" to his name and all the women had to add "Sarah" to their name. He said his social life stopped and he was changed completely. But, in 1945 he was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the Jews were captured many were sent to concentration camps. But with all of the new people the concentration camps had to be expanded. If they weren 't sent to …show more content…
Oskar Schindler joined the Nazi party in 1939. He became in charge of two Jewish previously owned enamel factories. He was making so much money that he decided to make his own factory in Zablocie. Many Jews had been arrested from the ghetto and were moved to a concentration camp near his hometown in Plaszow. After seeing how cruel the leaders were to the Jewish workers he decided to take actions into his own hands. So he came up with the idea that if he started another factory and sent Jews there, he could keep them safe and they wouldn 't have to suffer. So within the week he initiated his plan. He took some of the Jewish workers that were in his factory in Plaszow, and sent them to his new "factory/ safe house". The factory was disguised as a munitions factory in Bruennlitz. The Jews that he moved to his factory along with the Jews that were sent to his factory were put on "Schindlers List". Schindlers goal was to keep the Jews safe until the war ended. ( "Oskar Schindler"). Oskar Schindler was devoted to helping the Jewish families. No matter what harm came in his way. But the best part was, since he was a part of the Nazi party. Nobody suspected a thing. He spent millions of dollars bribing the SS (Schutzstaffel) who were Hitler 's bodyguards. Without Oskar Schindler the Jewish race could be almost extinct. But now they are more extant than ever. With a population of 3,000 to 4,000 Jews left in