Germany: On the night of the 9-10 November 1938 the Nazis organised 'Kristallnacht', the night of the broken glass. This mother and child pass the remains of a Jewish owned shop the morning after Kristallnacht. Photo by H. Friedrich (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE License)

Germany: On the night of the 9-10 November 1938 the Nazis organised 'Kristallnacht', the night of the broken glass. This mother and child pass the remains of a Jewish owned shop the morning after Kristallnacht. Photo by H. Friedrich (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE License)

Kristallnacht or 'Crystal Night', also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria that took place on 910 November 1938, carried out by SA (Sturmabteilung or Brownshirts) paramilitary forces and German civilians.

. German authorities looked on without intervening. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues had their windows smashed.

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