What happened on the day of the Kristallnacht?

Kristallnacht was the result of that rage. Starting in the late hours of November 9 and continuing into the next day, Nazi mobs torched or otherwise vandalized hundreds of synagogues throughout Germany and damaged, if not completely destroyed, thousands of Jewish homes, schools, businesses, hospitals and cemeteries. read more

Kristallnacht, or the night of broken glass, was named so because the day after the streets of German cities were described as covered in the glass of Jewish shop and house windows. Kristallnacht was the height of pre-war anti-semitism in Germany. read more

Caption: (Center): View of the destroyed interior of the Hechingen synagogue the day after Kristallnacht. -USHMM, courtesy of Dr. Adolf Vees; (Right): Interior of the Zerrennerstrasse synagogue after its destruction on Kristallnacht. read more