How many people died during Kristallnacht?

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. read more

The Nazis were precise, they stated that 91 Jews were killed during Kristallnacht. The real number probably approaches 2,000. At least 300 Jewish people committed suicide after the pogrom. Between 9th and 16th November about 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Dachau, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. read more

Many newspapers condemned Kristallnacht, with some of them comparing it to the murderous pogroms incited by Imperial Russia during the 1880s. The United States recalled its ambassador (but it did not break off diplomatic relations) while other governments severed diplomatic relations with Germany in protest. read more

Rath died two days later from his wounds, and Hitler attended his funeral. Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), the Nazi minister for public enlightenment and propaganda, immediately seized on the assassination to rile Hitler’s supporters into an anti-Semitic frenzy. read more