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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 85, The Night of Broken Glass.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Kate for the donation and Scott

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You can head on over to History of the Second World War.com slash members to find out more. In the early hours of

November 10, 1938, all over Germany, Jewish synagogues were purposely put to the torch and

destroyed. This was not a random act of violence. It was not a few instances of actions by disparate

groups. It was a nationwide program of violence.

30,000 Jewish men would also be arrested on the 10th and over the days that followed.

Their destination, concentration camps. Their crime? Existing.

It was not the first, and it would certainly not be the last act of violence ordered by the

Nazi government,

but it did represent a sudden and drastic amplification of their policies that had one purpose,

the removal of all Jews from Germany.

In this episode today, we will look at some of the changes in the anti-Semitic policies

of the Nazi government during the summer of 1938, before looking at what would become known

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