Kristallnacht

• Event: Nazis ordered a surge of attacks against Jewish synagogues, businesses, and shops
• Translates to the Night of Broken Glass
• Took place on 9-10 November 1938
• 7,500 Jewish shops and businesses were destroyed
• 30,000 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps
• 100 Jews were killed
• Often seen as a turning point, as after this event further large-scale attacks against Jews began