Local residents in Graz, Austria, watch as a ceremonial hall burns at the Jewish cemetery. November, 1938
Dear Jean-Christophe,
Seventy years ago on November 9–10, the Nazis staged vicious attacks—or pogroms—against Jews in Germany in riots that came to be known as Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.”
Local residents in Graz, Austria, watch as a ceremonial hall burns at the Jewish cemetery. November, 1938 70th Anniversary of KristallnachtEncouraged by the Nazis, rioters burned or destroyed 267 synagogues and vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses. Kristallnacht marked a violent turn in the Nazis’ anti-Jewish policy that culminated in the Holocaust. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht the Museum has compiled resources for your own commemoration or classroom that include an online exhibition, eyewitness testimony, posters, photographs, videos, documents, maps, and more.
Learn more about Kristallnacht and view available resources»
Did You Know?Since January, the Museum has conducted 7,000 archival searches for Holocaust survivors and their families in the International Tracing Service (ITS) collection, which includes records on 17.5 million victims of the Nazis. The Museum led a multiyear, international effort that finally succeeded in opening the German-based ITS in late 2007.Learn more about making a search request»
The Museum’s International Tracing Service initiative is made possible in part by a generous donation from the Braman Family Foundation of Miami.Museum Visitor Comments”More than the cruelty of the Nazi regimes, I am appalled and sickened by the inaction of other sovereign nations…. The Holocaust is a crime of evil-doers as much as it is of the men who let this evil happen.” “It is not enough to visit a museum and remember what happened. We must recall why it happened, how it happened, and what we can do to stop it.”The Museum Near YouHow can you find information about Museum and related programs near you?
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a “time”, yet it cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
