Kristallnacht

9–10 November 1938

Germany and annexed Austria

Nazi authorities coordinated nationwide attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues and arrested around 30,000 Jewish men.

Overview

Nazi authorities coordinated nationwide attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues and arrested around 30,000 Jewish men. Its causes, participants and consequences connect this record to the wider Nazi Germany guide, where the event is placed in chronology rather than treated as an isolated date.