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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Kristallnacht

Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, circa 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills)
November 16, 2024, 9:02 am
Just after Kristallnacht, Gandhi said Jews should die with joy. What would he say now?
Numerous comments on the Holocaust by the renowned Indian leader who favored nonviolence have been misunderstood, say experts — but what about his aversion to Zionism?
By Zack Rothbart
Marianne Bern and the key she kept from the Bielefeld synagogue that was destroyed on Kristallnacht. (Courtesy of Jennifer Bern-Vogel via JTA)
November 12, 2024, 3:36 am
86 years after Kristallnacht, German congregation gets back key to destroyed synagogue
The relic, one of only two items that survived, was kept by a young girl who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport; now it heads home to a community in the midst of a revival
By jacob gurvis
Screen capture from video of far-right speaker of Austria's lower house of parliament FPO's Walther Rosenkranz faces Jewish protesters who stopped him from laying a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Vienna, November 8, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 10, 2024, 8:04 am
Jewish students prevent Austrian far-right speaker from laying Kristallnacht wreath
Forming cordon, Vienna protesters tell FPO party’s Rosenkranz ‘we do not want you to spit in our ancestors’ faces’; he eventually leaves, saying he’ll yield to their ‘violence’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Rome skyline. (Wikipedia/Bert Kaufmann/CC BY-SA 2.0)
November 10, 2023, 5:48 am
Antisemitic graffiti spray-painted in Rome’s Jewish Quarter on Kristallnacht
City says it is removing graffiti, which included a Star of David, equal sign and swastika: ‘Events like this cause dismay, enormous concern’
By Agencies
A man looks at the damage to a Jewish shop in Berlin on November 10, 1938, in the aftermath of Kristallnacht. (AP Photo/File)
November 10, 2023, 4:17 am
85 years after Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say antisemitism now similar to then
Those who survived genocide compare global spike in antisemitic incidents following Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught to Nazi discrimination of Jews: ‘This is how it started with the Germans’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a central commemoration ceremony for the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, in the Beth Zion Synagogue in Berlin on November 9, 2023. (John MACDOUGALL / POOL / AFP)
November 9, 2023, 6:14 pm
‘Never again’ is now: At Kristallnacht memorial, Scholz vows to protect Germany’s Jews
Chancellor decries uptick in antisemitism, draws parallel between ‘mentality of radical Islamists and those on the far right’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The November 1938 file photo shows a group of people standing outside a Jewish-owned shop in an unnamed German town, after Kristallnacht, when Nazi-incited mass riots left more than 91 Jews dead, damaged more than 1,000 synagogues and left some 7,500 Jewish businesses ransacked and looted. (AP Photo, File)
November 9, 2023, 11:48 am
Holocaust survivor recalls Kristallnacht horrors in interactive VR project
Still residing in Munich, 91-year-old Charlotte Knobloch finds herself living through a new wave of hatred but says she won’t give up her trust in modern-day Germany
By Kirsten Grieshaber
The Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, Germany, which once held 1,200 congregants before it was destroyed in Kristallnacht. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
September 29, 2023, 8:31 am
Hamburg Jewish community to rebuild grand synagogue burnt down on Kristallnacht
Israeli-born entrepreneur launched campaign to restore shul after he came across Torah crown dedicated to Bornplatz rabbi in 2020
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Munich interfaith commissioner Marian Offman is forced to a police van by an officer, November 9, 2022 (screenshot)
November 15, 2022, 6:42 am
German Jew blasts cops for detaining him for sparring with antisemitic protesters
Marian Offman, Munich’s interfaith commissioner, says he called demonstrator who made Nazi reference an ‘asshole,’ was dragged away by officers; lawmaker demands police explanation
By Lisa Schneider
German Nazis stand by ransacked Jewish property during Kristallnacht, most likely in the town of Fuerth, Germany, on Nov. 10, 1938. (Yad Vashem via AP)
November 14, 2022, 7:45 am
Yad Vashem revises claim, says released Kristallnacht photos already seen
Recently donated by a former US serviceman’s family, pictures show rare close-up images of Nazi officials carrying out looting and destruction of Jewish property
By AP
Palestinian and Israeli residents of the coastal city of Jaffa near Tel Aviv, hold a banner as they take part in a rally on May 15, 2021, as Palestinians mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation in 1948 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
November 11, 2022, 2:21 pm
Controversial ‘Shoah, Nakba’ event at German institute in Tel Aviv cancelled
Goethe-Institut’s panel had earlier been postponed after an outcry that event was being held on anniversary of Kristallnacht
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
The synagogue in Anatevka outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, keeps its lights on to mark the 84h anniversary of Kristallnacht, November 9, 2022 (courtesy)
November 10, 2022, 6:00 pm
In wartime Ukraine, synagogues keep lights on to mark Kristallnacht
Communities anticipated blackouts as Russia strikes country’s energy infrastructure, but were able to quietly mark anniversary of pogrom as brutal war drags on
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: In Graz, Austria, onlookers watch a smoldering synagogue the morning after Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938. (public domain)
November 9, 2022, 10:03 pm
KFC Germany pitches crispy chicken to mark Kristallnacht, apologizes
Fast food chain sends push alert saying ‘treat yourself to more tender cheese’ for anniversary of Nazi pogrom, says bug in system accidentally sent message
By ToI Staff
German Nazis carry Jewish books, presumably for burning, during Kristallnacht, most likely in the town of Fuerth, Germany on Nov. 10, 1938. (Yad Vashem via AP)
November 9, 2022, 5:39 pm
Chilling, newly discovered photos show Nazi Kristallnacht up close
Yad Vashem says images are first to show pogrom from indoor vantage point; indicate German public was aware and that violence was coordinated by authorities
By AP
A projection of the former synagogue is seen at its historical place in Dortmund, Germany, November 9, 2021, to mark the 83rd anniversary of the anti-Jewish Kristallnacht pogrom. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
November 9, 2022, 4:40 pm
In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why
Many German speakers are rejecting the euphemism for the events of Nov. 8-9, 1938, which translates to ‘night of shattered glass,’ saying it omits that more than glass was broken
By Toby Axelrod
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