Kristallnacht
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Kristallnacht
< German Kristall crystal + Nacht night
Example Sentences
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It is also the anniversary of Kristallnacht, heralding the near destruction of European Jewry in 1938.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
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 • Jul. 31, 2024
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 • Jul. 13, 2024
As reports of antisemitism surge in Germany and elsewhere, commemorations of the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht have taken on special resonance this year.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023
They were taken to a large synagogue that had been burned and then rebuilt after the events of Kristallnacht.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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