GB 1556 WL 1371 - Kristallnacht: Press cuttings (some microfilm)

3 files; 3 reels

GB 1556 WL 1371 1938 Collection level 3 files; 3 reels Jewish Central Information Office

The November Pogrom, also known as Reichskristallnacht, Reichspogromnacht, Crystal Night and the Night of the Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews throughout Germany, 9 Nov-10 Nov 1938. Jewish homes along with 8,000 Jewish shops were ransacked in numerous German cities, towns and villages as civilians and both the SA (Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel) destroyed buildings with sledgehammers, leaving the streets covered in shards of glass from broken windows - the origin of the name Night of Broken Glass. Jews were beaten to death. 30,000 Jewish men were taken to concentration camps and 1,668 synagogues ransacked, with 267 set on fire.

Jewish Central Information Office

Press cuttings of British and European press in the immediate aftermath of the November Pogrom, or Night of Broken Glass in Germany, 1938, reporting on the events that occurred and reactions to them.

Chronological

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Mostly German and English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

KRISTALLNACHT REPORTS, 1938-1939 (ref: 1375)

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

March 2008 Antisemitism Europe Germany Human rights violations Jews Nazism Persecution Pogroms Political doctrines Racial discrimination Religious groups SA x Sturmabteilung SS x Schutzstaffel Third Reich Totalitarianism UK Western Europe London England

Jewish Central Information Office

Press cuttings of British and European press in the immediate aftermath of the November Pogrom, or Night of Broken Glass in Germany, 1938, reporting on the events that occurred and reactions to them.

Chronological

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

• anglais

• latin

Mostly German and English

KRISTALLNACHT REPORTS, 1938-1939 (ref: 1375)

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais