70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

Today is the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, when the Nazi government ordered a pogrom all over Germany, which resulted in murder, burnt synagogues and destroyed property. In commemoration of the event, COJS has created a page of pictures, government documents and eyewitness accounts. See Kristallnacht, Nov. 9-10, 1938.

The burning of the Michelsberg Synagogue, one of 200 synagogues burnt on Kristallnacht in Germany.

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