The Holocaust: Kristallnacht - "Night of Broken Glass"

Reference

• Background & Overview
• Reactions to Kristallnacht
• Synagogue Destruction Map
• Photographs

Primary Source Material

• Kristallnacht Order (November 10)
  • Heydrich’s Instruction
• Discussions by the Nazi Authorities Following Kristallnacht
• British Government???????
  • British Diplomat Blames Kristallnacht on Sexual Perversity (December 14, 1938)
  • British Diplomat Reports on Kristallnacht Violence in Cologne (November 14, 1938)
  • British Consul Reports on Kristallnacht in Vienna (November 11, 1938)
  • Sir Ogilvie Forbes Reports on Kristallnacht (November 10, 1938)
• U.S. Government
  • FDR Receives Urgent Report On Kristallnacht (November 10)
  • Amb. Wilson Describes Violence (November10)
  • Amb. Wilson on the Aftermath (November14)
  • Consul in Stuttgart Describes Violence (November15)
  • FDR Statement On Kristallnacht (November 15)

Personal Accounts

• Jewish Woman Complains of Money Stolen
• Description of the Riot at Dinslaken