Kristallnacht

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KRISTALLNACHT By: Geoffrey Fallon Byron Ayala & Fabricio Garcia

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Kristallnacht. By: Geoffrey Fallon Byron Ayala & Fabricio Garcia. What was Kristallnacht ????????. A massive attack on Jews by the Nazis or The Night of Broken Glass. How did this start?. a reaction to the assassination of Ernst vom Rath Was a member of the G erman embassy staff - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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HOW DID THIS START?

a reaction to the assassination of Ernst vom Rath

Was a member of the German embassy staff

Ernst vom Rath’s death reached Hitler and his

advisors

They tried to turn Germany against the Jew’s

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WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?

November 9, 1938

Carried on to next day

Ended November 10, 1938

Damages

•91 Jews killed

•267 Synagogues burned down

•30,000 Jewish men arrested and sent to concentration camps