Kristallnacht

American  

[krees-tahl-nahkht] / krisˈtɑlˌnɑxt /

noun

1. a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.

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Etymology

Origin of Kristallnacht

< German Kristall crystal + Nacht night

Example Sentences

It is also the anniversary of Kristallnacht, heralding the near destruction of European Jewry in 1938.

From The Wall Street Journal

For many, it was especially shocking coming on the eve of commemorations marking Kristallnacht, the 1938 Nazi pogroms against German Jews.

From BBC

The outcry was exacerbated by the attacks occurring on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht - Nazi pogroms against German Jews that took place in 1938.

From BBC

After his wife and son are abducted in the tumultuous wake of Kristallnacht, Ernst decides to stay with Riefenstahl in the hope that she will intervene on their behalf.

From Los Angeles Times

Born in 1928 as Karola Ruth Siegel, at ten-years-old her parents sent her to Switzerland to escape Kristallnacht, a violent riot Nazis carried out against Jews before the Holocaust.

From BBC