Kristallnacht, also known as Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, Crystal Night and the Night of the Broken Glass, was a pogrom"'German Mobs' Vengeance on Jews," The Daily Telegraph, November 11, 1938, cited in Gilbert, Martin. Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction. Harper Collins, 2006, p. 42. against Jews throughout Germany and parts of Austria on November 9–November 10, 1938. Jewish homes along with 8,000 Jewish shops were ransacked in numerous German cities, towns and villages,Gilbert, Martin. Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction. Harper Collins, 2006, p. 30. as civilians and both the SA (Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel) destroyed buildings with sledgehammers, leaving the streets covered in shards of glass from broken windows — the origin of the name "Night of Broken Glass." Jews were bea

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