Author(s): Ann Byers
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 80
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
Language: English
Date Published: 2014-08-01
Dimensions: 165 x 234 x 10mm
Publication City/Country: United States
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Kristallnacht, or "Night of Broken Glass," was an event that was one of thousands of horrors inflicted on Jews throughout Germany and Austria in a single night and day, November 9-1, 1938. The Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses, synagogues, and personal property and killed nearly one hundred people. Although not the first instance of violence against Jews, it was the beginning of a campaign of savagery unequalled in modern history. This gripping narrative examines German anti-Semitism, the rise of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler, the persecution of Jews, and the spark that began the blaze of the Holocaust.