75 years later: how the world shrugged off Kristallnacht
“The pogroms in November 1938 lasted several days, although history books often refer to the event merely as one “Night of the Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht) because Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels announced on the radio on Nov. 10 that the excesses had ended.
Experts estimate that up to 1,500 people died in the days surrounding Nov. 9. It was the worst pogrom in Germany since the Middle Ages.
This week marks the 75th anniversary of what Leipzig-based historian Dan Diner has called the ‘catastrophe before the catastrophe’.”
This is an extract from a powerful article on a German web site to mark the 75th anniversary this weekend of the horror of Kristallnacht.