HSTR 350B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ernst Vom Rath, Herschel Grynszpan, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
26 Sep 2017
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Reichskristallnacht (reich crystal night)9th november 1938 (very important date in. German diplomat ernst vom rath, shot in paris by 17 year old herschel grynszpan, German-born son of recently deported polish jews living in germany (october 1938), shooting takes place on 7th november 1938. Orgy of violence against property and people 91 jews kills, 25,000-30,000 sent to camps (just the men) (cid:858)the f jrer does(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out this . (cid:859) Now almost impossible for jews to leave germany very apparent that the nazis have something else planned for them (murderous) Very much a top down event (although clearly embraced by the bottom), goebbels organizing a lot of these events. The night of broken glass led some germans to resistance, but others had long been opposed to hitler. Leadership of spd soon in exile in prague sopade reports o(cid:374) (cid:449)orker(cid:859)s attitudes (cid:894)these were obviously illegal) Keep spd (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ership i(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t, sta(cid:455) read(cid:455) for hitler(cid:859)s do(cid:449)(cid:374)fall.
