Kristillnacht - 85 Years Ago

It's the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht

On November 9, 1938 German Nazi paramilitary forces & civilians attacked Jewish businesses & homes across Germany

- 7000+ Jewish businesses destroyed
- 30 000 Jewish men arrested &imprisoned in concentration camps

- 100+ Jews killed pic.twitter.com/mWOBrHgQDv

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 9, 2023

#OnThisDay in 1938, Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass," saw a surge of violent anti-Jewish pogroms throughout Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. Orchestrated by the Nazi regime, Jewish homes, schools, and businesses were destroyed, while synagogues were set ablaze. pic.twitter.com/c0aOqzmh0K

— Marina Amaral (@marinamaral2) November 9, 2023

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaking on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, promised to protect Germany’s Jews against a shameful spike in antisemitism.

“This is about keeping the promise given again and again in the decades since 1945…the promise ‘never again.'” pic.twitter.com/ao5p8uQux6

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) November 9, 2023

"Never again."

Promise broken.

Thousands of Muslim immigrants conquer Berlin. Dark times ahead. pic.twitter.com/fahHTMg4HC

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) November 4, 2023