The Night of Broken Glass: The Assault on Jewish Lives and Spaces

Channel: The Rest Is History

Duration: 45:37

The Big Picture

In an effort to mask domestic failings and gear up for war, Nazi Germany dramatically intensified its anti-Semitic policies from 1936 to 1938, culminating in Kristallnacht. This large-scale, state-sponsored pogrom shocked the world and made clear the regime’s brutal intent against Jews, further entwined with their war ambitions. This episode illustrates the terrifying escalation that marked the countdown to World War II.

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The result will not be the bolshevization of the earth and thereby the victory of Jewry; the result will be the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.

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