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The forgotten mass destruction of Jewish homes during 'Kristallnacht'

  • Written by Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History; Founding Director, USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A looted Jewish shop in Aachen, Germany on the day after Kristallnacht, Nov. 10, 1938.Wolf Gruner and Armin Nolzen (eds.). 'Bürokratien: Initiative und Effizienz,' Berlin, 2001., Author provided

Every November, communities around the world hold remembrances on the anniversary of the Nazis’ brutal assault on the Jews during...

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