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November 9, 1938. By: Wes Markwood. (Silinski, and Ellis). Kristallnacht aka “The night of broken glass”. Jewish Synagogue burning down. “Map of Central Europe”. 12,000 -17,000 Polish Jews were herded across the border from Poland to Germany. Map of Germany and Poland.
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November 9, 1938 By: Wes Markwood (Silinski, and Ellis) Kristallnacht aka “The night of broken glass” Jewish Synagogue burning down
“Map of Central Europe” 12,000 -17,000 Polish Jews were herded across the border from Poland to Germany. Map of Germany and Poland
“The Destruction of Jews of Romania” The Polish Jews were taken to military stables where the conditions were horrible. They were not fed for days. Polish Jews’ corpses laying in a Nazi military stable
(Silinski, and Ellis) Herszel Grynszpan On November 7, 1938, Herszel Grynszpan; a Jew who lived in Paris, France, shot and killed German Embassy official Ernst Von Rath in Paris, to send a message to the Nazis for forcing his parents out of their homes. This event caused a spontaneous attack against the Jews.
(Silinski, and Ellis) Two days later, the Nazis burned down 1,350 synagogues. 91 Jews were killed, and 30,000 Jews were taken to concentration camps, where they were tortured for months. 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed, And thousands of homes were ransacked. Jewish Synagogues burning
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