What Happened On The Night Of November 9 1938

In the night of november 9 1938 jews throughout germany and austria were the victims of riots.

The night of broken glass on the night of november 9 1938 violence against jews broke out across the reich. A massive coordinated attack on jews throughout the german reich on the night of november 9 1938 into the next day has come to be known as kristallnacht or the night of broken glass. It was also know as night of the broken glass due to all the glass out in the streets. Lots of jew people were killed injured and arrested.

On november 9 1938 in an event that would foreshadow the holocaust german nazis launch a campaign of terror against jewish people and their homes and businesses in. Kristallnacht was allegedly instigated by the assassination of the german diplomat ernst vom rath by a polish jew. 1 300 synagogues and 7 500 businesses were destroyed and countless jewish cemeteries and schools. It was when nazi troops destoryed jew stores houses and buisness.

On november 9 to november 10 1938 in an incident known as kristallnacht nazis in germany torched synagogues vandalized jewish homes schools and businesses and killed close to 100 jews. It appeared to be unplanned set off by germans anger over the assassination of a german official in paris at the hands of a jewish teenager.