November 9-10 of this month marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as the “night of broken glass.” The Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews by German Stormtroopers and German civilians took place across Germany in 1938, and is often viewed as the beginning of the Holocaust for its escalation of Jewish social and political persecution Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: “We are all Spiritual Semites” – American Catholics Condemn Kristallnacht
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Fr. Charles Coughlin, Fr. Maurice Sheehy, Holocaust, Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany, University Archives | Comment