November 9, 1938: Kristallnacht

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🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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After Nazi stormtroopers were sent into Jewish neighborhoods and ordered to start violent riots, approximately 100 Jews were murdered and 7,500 businesses were vandalized, destroyed, or burned — in addition to countless homes, synagogues, and holy sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, November 9th, 2021.
0:07.0	On this day in 1938, state sanctioned violence against Jewish people erupted across Germany
0:14.0	and Austria in an event known as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.
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1:03.1	these crimes, listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of anti-Semitism,
1:08.9	mass killings, and assault. We advise extreme caution for children
1:12.8	under 13. Today we're covering Kristallnacht, more than 24 hours of horrific violence
1:19.8	perpetrated by Nazi Germany against its Jewish citizens. The events paved the way for the Holocaust.
1:27.1	Now let's go back to November 9, 1938, to Jewish neighborhoods across Germany.
1:37.3	It began quickly in the middle of the night on November 9th. Most German Jews slept fitfully,
1:48.9	already concerned about their government's rabid hatred. One of those sleeping was a rabbi,
1:54.9	the leader of a beautiful new synagogue in Berlin. The huge modern building was completed in 1930. As he sat awake, thinking about his
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