Paul Joseph Goebbels9 November 1938
Advises party leaders anti-Jewish demonstrations should not be discouraged
Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Advises party leaders anti-Jewish demonstrations should not be discouraged
Instructs the police not to interfere
Synagogues are set on fire, cemeteries violated & Jewish buildings destroyed. 30,000 Jews are sent to concentration camps. 26,000 male Jews arrested
The assassination of vom Rath in Paris is used to spark off "Kristallnacht"
Roths assassination as an excuse for Kristallnacht. Raths assasination is used as an excuse for Kristallnacht
Reports to Goering that 74 Jews had been killed & 20,000 arrested. Reports to Goering 815 Jewish shops & 171 homes destroyed & 191 synagogues set fire
Authorities arrested 22 Germans who tried to stop the violence.
German and Austrian Jews suffer 1 billion Marks of damage and forced to wear the Star of David.
Nazi leaders heard that a Jew had shot a German diplomat in Paris and ordered reprisals, Nazis kill 35 Jews, arrest thousands and destroy Jewish synagogues, homes and stores throughout Germany and Austria.
Nazis destroyed 7,600 Jewish businesses, and 236 people died.
The violence burned 191 synagogues and 177 Jewish apartments.
Instructs the Gestapo to liaise with the police to ensure Jewish property is destroyed
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