What does Kristallnacht mean in English?

Kristallnacht definition, a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed. See more. ... The Oldest Words in English ... The Kandel family has survived Kristallnacht intact, and Eric had boarded the S.S. Gerolstein to New York. read more

Kristallnacht changed the nature of the Nazi persecution of Jews from economic, political, and social to physical with beatings, incarceration, and murder; the event is often referred to as the beginning of the Holocaust. read more