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Kristallnacht

An image from the Holocaust history virtual reality experience being developed by the Conference of Jewish Claims Against Germany. (Photo/JTA-Claims Conference)
Posted inHistory

From virtual reality to digital synagogues, tech adds new dimension to Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany

by Toby Axelrod November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

(JTA) — Nov. 9 marks several historical anniversaries in Germany, including Adolf Hitler’s failed putsch in 1923 and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. But the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 eclipses […]

A man takes a picture at the Shoah Name Wall Memorial in Vienna, Austria on Nov. 9, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Hherbert Neubauer-APA-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austrian government unveils memorial wall with 64,440 names

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Screenshot of a video former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted to social media on Jan. 10, 2021.
Posted inCalifornia

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Capitol raid was Kristallnacht ‘right here in the United States’

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 11, 2021
All the lights are on at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm, Nov. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Ute Steyer)
Posted inWorld

European synagogues keep the lights on to mark 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
Hilda Namm, 94, survived Kristallnacht and the Shanghai ghetto before coming to the U.S. (Photo/Liz Harris)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

A post-Kristallnacht escape by ‘the bravest person I know’

by Liz Harris March 26, 2020March 31, 2020
A destroyed Jewish clothing store in Magdeburg, Germany, after Kristallnacht, Nov. 11, 1938. (JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The glass is still breaking — remembering Kristallnacht in 2019

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel November 7, 2019November 7, 2019

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