History presentation on Kristallnacht.

1. KRISTALLNACHT

2. • A pogrom (series of organized attacks) by
civilians and some SA (Sturmabteilung) storm
troopers against Jews
• Happened throughout Nazi Germany and some
of Austria (which was then also Germany)
• Happened on November 9-10, 1938
• German authorities didn’t intervene

3. Torched
Synagogues
Killed and Arrested
Innocent Jews
Vandalized Homes
Annihilated
Schools
Demolished
Businesses with
Sledgehammers

5. Because of all the
shattered glass
that surrounded
the synagogues
and Jewishowned shops

6. • 91 Jews were killed during the
night
• 30,000 Jews were arrested and
put into concentration camps
• Over 1,000 synagogues were
burned
• 7,500 Jewish businesses
damaged or destroyed
• An extra 2,000 Jews died in
concentration camps from
causes directly related to
Kristallnacht afterwards

8. • In the 1920s, most German
Jews were fully integrated
into German society as
citizens
• Conditions for German Jews
worsened when Hitler got
appointed Chancellor
• Propaganda made Jews into
an enemy, and the
government made laws
restricting their rights
“Der ist schuld am kriege” means “Who is to blame for the wars” The
finger is pointing at what appears to be a Jewish man.

9. • Shop windows in thousands of
Jewish-owned stores were
smashed
• Jewish cemeteries were also
destroyed and many Jews were
attacked by mobs of storm
troopers
• The men were ordered to arrest
as many Jews as the local jails
would hold
• The violence was finally called to
a stop on November 11 by
Goebbels
Footage of Destruction
Play to 35 secs no audio

10. Their Logo
These are depictions of the Sturmabteilung (shtoo Rm-ahp-tahy-loong) Stormtroopers (aka
Brownshirts or SA), who were the perpetrators of Kristallnacht (along with the German civilians)

12. • Many people say that
Kristallnacht was a huge turning
point, and even that it marked
the beginning of the Holocaust
itself
• The Jewish community was
forced to pay money to the
government, instead of it being
the other way around
• At the concentration camps
afterward, 2,000 people died out
of the 30,000 captured

13. Susan - Play to 1:32 Robert - Play to 2:22

14.  What factors cause good government to go so terribly bad?
 Shutting down and trying to destroy not only a religion, but the lives of millions
(e.g. Nazis)
 Using extremely violent methods to promote one’s cause (e.g. Kristallnacht)
 Trying to conform a whole population, however big, to be the same (e.g. Nazis)
 In any society, what characterizes equal treatment for all people?
 Everybody having equal opportunities, not only a select few
 The right to property
 Everyone should, at the very least, have to right to be alive, and even this right
was violated millions of times during the entirety of the Holocaust

15. •
Mr. Ellenberg
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Survivors and Witnesses. N.p., 23 June 1997. Web. 04 Feb. 2014.
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"HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ESTHER CLIFFORD RECALLS KRISTALLNACHT." Frequency.
N.p., 2013. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.
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"Kristallnacht." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 1996. Web. 02 Feb. 2014.
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"Kristallnacht." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Sept. 2002. Web. 02 Feb. 2014.
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"News Brief." Jewish Telegraphic Agency. N.p., 25 Nov. 1938. Web. 04 Feb. 2014.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1993. Web.
04 Feb. 2014.
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"Survivors Remember Kristallnacht: Susan (Strauss) Taube." YouTube. YouTube, 13 Aug. 2012. Web.
05 Feb. 2014.
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Press, The Associated. The New York Times. The New York Times, 1851. Web. 01 Feb. 2014.
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"The Free Automatic Bibliography and Citation Generator." EasyBib. N.p., 2001. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.
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Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint

16. Walk out more knowledgeable about Kristallnacht!
Thank you for being good and
obedient children during the
presentation!