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13 unusual facts about Kristallnacht


A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq

Hitchens shifted his opinion to "neutral", saying: "It's absurd for liberals to talk as if Kristallnacht is impending with Bush, and it's unwise and indecent for Republicans to equate Kerry with capitulation. There's no one to whom he can surrender, is there? I think that the nature of the jihadist enemy will decide things in the end".

Karsbach

The Jewish families living in the outlying centre of Heßdorf built their synagogue at Fußgasse 6, but it was destroyed on Kristallnacht (9 November 1938).

Kleinheubach

This house of worship was destroyed on Kristallnacht (9 November 1938) and since then the building has been used for other purposes.

Leica Freedom Train

Leitz's activities intensified after the Kristallnacht of November 1938, during which synagogues and Jewish shops were burned across Germany.

Lisel Haas

Following Kristallnacht in November 1938 she abandoned her studio and left Germany with her father.

Mittelsinn

This was destroyed on Kristallnacht (9 November 1938), as recalled by a memorial plaque at the savings and loan institution across the street from the synagogue’s former site.

Nothing Ever Happens

Its commentary relates to how oblivious most of us are to the world around us e.g. "the Martians could land in the car park and no one would care" but in its last line before the chorus becomes suddenly cynical..."they'll burn down the Synagogues at six o'clock and we'll all go along like before," which is a reference to Kristallnacht.

Shoggoths in Bloom

As news reports of Kristallnacht appear in the background, Harding discovers the unexpected truth about shoggoths, and is faced with a difficult decision.

Triefenstein

Only after Kristallnacht (9 November 1938), indeed, on Christmas Day that year, did SA men burn the house of worship down.

Union Banking Corporation

Fritz Thyssen resigned from the Council of State after November 9, 1938 Kristallnacht, was arrested in 1940, and spent the remainder of the war in a sanatorium and in concentration camps.

Unsleben

Their synagogue, located near the Schlossgasse/Kemenate, was defiled during the November Pogromes of 1938.

Untererthal

As part of the infamous Kristallnacht the facilities of the synagogue were destroyed and rituals and services were stopped; however, the building had been left standing until 1945.

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg addresses developments contemporaneous with the years of The Goldbergs, Kristallnacht, the American Nazi German-American Bund and right-wing radio lecturer Father Coughlin.


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Asher Wade

That Sunday morning newspaper included graphic pictures of the destruction of Jewish homes and stores of Hamburg during Kristallnacht, among which was that of the great Born Platz Synagogue of Rabbi Joseph Carlebach.

Ernst vom Rath

Ernst Eduard vom Rath (3 June 1909 – 9 November 1938) was a German diplomat, remembered for his assassination in Paris in 1938 by a Jewish young man, Herschel Grynszpan, which touched off Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass.