print email comment close Kristallnacht: The November 1938 Pogroms URL: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/ Description: "On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. This event came to be called Kristallnacht ('Night of Broken Glass') for the shattered store windowpanes." This site features an exhibition with a historical overview and details about what was destroyed. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Publisher: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum LII Database Information: Record 22852 created by Maria Brandt on 11/05/2006 Last modification on 10/06/2009 Published: 11/08/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22852