Kristallnacht - Social Studies

Kristallnacht(Crystal Night)--"Night of Broken Glass" also referred to as “November Pogroms”; ironically--"cristal clearly"--cites aftermath of the attack [riots] against the German Nazis on Jewish properties. Homes, businesses, shops and synagogues were bombarded and attacked and destroyed. Kristallnacht notes the Brobdingnagian of broken glass through the streets, left after the event took place.

Several questions arise from this event:

1. When did this event occur?
2. How many synagogues did the programme claim were burned?
3. How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event?
4. How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps?
5. What was the reaction of the German people to this event?

Transpired on the 9th of November, 1938, it pursued until 10th November; Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia were the locations in which the events occurred. 267 synagogues were burned. As a result of this incident, 91 Jews died as it was claimed, several dozens committed suicide--many letters proving so. Through the course of the episode, 30,000 male Jews, were arrested--sent to Nazi concentration camps. The response of the German public was horrendous. Malevolence, full of it, many were exploiting from the incident; looting, plundering and picking up goods thrown out onto the street. After doing they further benefitted from the confiscation of much Jewish property. In addition to this malice, it was stated that teachers took their students to mock and ridicule the Jews; many of the "young people" considered that “Jews are our misfortune”. Though not all agreed to the violence and prejudice, some Germans felt ashamed to be what they were; many of them debated against the violence as well as the chaos that ensued.