2. The Assassination of Ernst Vom Rath
● A 17-year-old named Herschel Grynszpan shot Ernst Vom
Rath by mistake
● Herschel wanted to shoot the german ambassador of france
● Rath was a German Embassy official stationed in Paris,
France
● He died two days later on November 9, 1938 because of his
wounds
● His death was the reason why Kristallnacht started
● Hitler attended his funeral
3. Kristallnacht is a wave of violence of anti Jewish
attacks that resulted in broken glass from the homes
and businesses living in the street of Germany.
German officials blamed Kristallnacht on public
sentiment.
What is Kristallnacht?
4. ● In 1938 in Germany ,German citizens rioted and burned
down Jewish businesses and homes
● Local firefighters were ordered by Hitler to make sure that
the fire didn't spread to non Jewish buildings
● The buildings burned through the night in full view of the
public and Jews
● They also used explosives on Jewish homes and property
● In the aftermath there were increased reports of rape
5. What does the name mean
● Kristallnacht owes its name to the shards of
shattered glass that lined German streets in the
wake of the pogrom
● Broken glass from the windows of synagogues,
homes and Jewish owned business plundered
and destroyed during the violence littered the
streets
6. The aftermath
● After Kristallnacht Jews lost their citizenship
● 30,000 men were arrested and taken to Nazi concentration camps
● 91 +people died that night
● Germans too
7. Jews in Germany in 1933-42
● A law was passed to take away citizenship from Jews
● Jews were forbidden to marry non Jews
● Business were confiscated and jobs lost
8. What did the news say about it?
● USA newspapers across the country covered the Nazi assault on Jews in
front page banner headlines
● Articles about the event continued to appear for several weeks
● No other story about the persecution of the Jews reached widespread and
sustained attention from the American press at any other time during the Nazi
era
9. What did the news say about it part 2
● Germans blocked images of Kristallnacht from reaching newspapers in the
USA
● However Life Magazine was able to publish some photographs in its
November,1938 issue
● This event is one of the most significant events in SAP history
10. What was a Nazi soldier
Nazi is short for nationalsozialist
Nazies wore a red piece of cloth on their uniform that had the Nazi party symbol
13. Interesting facts
Kristallnacht was the first time Nazi’s launched a attack on Jews
During the night of broken glass 267 synagogues were destroyed in Austria,Germany
and Sudetenland
German leaders started to use the night of broken glass to introduce rules that would
help remove the Jews
16. Work cited
Works Cited
Fitzgerald, Stephanie. Kristallnacht , the Night of Broken Glass. Minneapolis, Compass books, 2008.
history.com. A&E network, www.history.com/topics/holocaust/kristallnacht. Accessed 11 Mar. 2019.
Holocaust and Humanity .Org. www.holocaustandhumanity.org/kristallnacht/events-leading-up-to-kristallnacht/. Accessed 11 Mar.
2019.
"kristallnacht." The Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/kristallnacht. Accessed 8 Mar. 2019.
Mara, Wil. Kristallnacht. New York, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010.
---. Kristallnacht: Nazi Persecution of the Jews in Europe. New York, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010.
YouTube.com. Google.com, 9 Nov. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S_ml46shkc. Accessed 11 Mar. 2019.
17. Who did this
Slides by Jonah and Kenny
Video found by Jonah
Research by Kenny and Jonah
Notes by Jonah and kenny
Photos found by Jonah and Kenny
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