Kristallnacht 
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SOURCE: NY Daily News
11/8/19
The little Lutheran lady who battled the Nazis on Kristallnacht
by Robert Scott Kellner
That autumn of 1938, the prelude to the Holocaust began. Beginning in the evening of Nov. 9, local bands of Nazi Storm Troopers throughout Germany led a willing populace against their Jewish neighbors.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
11/8/19
The Forgotten Mass Destruction of Jewish Homes During 'Kristallnacht'
Attacks on Jewish homes have often been a neglected aspect of "the Night of Broken Glass", until now.
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SOURCE: NYT
11-9-18
Looking to History and Recent Events, German Leaders Defend Democracy and Pluralism
Amid a resurgence of xenophobia that has reshaped Germany’s political landscape, the nation’s leaders warned that Germans must defend democracy to ensure that hate crimes like Kristallnacht, the Nazi-led burning of synagogues and plundering of Jewish shops 80 years ago, “never again” take place.
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SOURCE: Snopes
11-7-18
Jewish Students Remember ‘Night of Broken Glass’ in Berlin
Jewish students in Berlin on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria.
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11/4/18
FDR Gets Credit for His Response to Kristallnacht. He Shouldn’t.
by Rafael Medoff
80 years after the horrific events of Kristallnacht it’s time to acknowledge his inadequate response.
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SOURCE: Israeli National News
11-9-15
Jews not invited to Swedish Kristallnacht commemoration
Organizers in Umeå claim the event is a 'security risk', downplay Holocaust's horrors.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11-9-13
Germany Looks Back on Pogroms and Saviors
The German president opened a week of commemoration by visiting a museum dedicated to Otto Weidt, a savoir of Jews during the Holocaust.
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SOURCE: Der Spiegel
11-5-13
75 years later: How the world shrugged off Kristallnacht
An exhibition in Berlin gathers previously unknown reports by foreign diplomats, revealing how the shocking events prompted little more than hollow condemnation.
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