Which 1938 event marked the beginning of a national pogrom against Jewish people in Nazi Germany?

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Katelynn Allen

11 February, 23:13

Which 1938 event marked the beginning of a national pogrom against Jewish people in Nazi Germany?

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Kristallnacht

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Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November Pogrom (s), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938. The German authorities looked on without intervening. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings and synagogues were smashed. The pretext for the attacks was the assassination of the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old German-born Polish Jew living in Paris.