Kristallnacht

Holocaust survivor recalls ‘Night of Broken Glass’ horrors in interactive, virtual reality project

By Kirsten Grieshaber — November 9, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The virtual reality project guides users through interactive reconstructions of spaces, such as synagogues, that were destroyed during Kristallnacht.

Sonny Fox and the Holocaust: a little-known connection

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 28, 2021
He was a childhood "friend." Here is the story that few people know.

Kristallnacht matters more than ever

By Jeffrey Salkin — November 9, 2018
"The Jew piano still plays!" Eighty years later, what is its music?

Mazel tov to my Protestant friends!

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 25, 2017
(RNS) — Should Jews mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation? Yes. But.....

Hatred of immigrants has a long history (COMMENTARY)

By A. James Rudin — September 4, 2014
(RNS) The “huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, frequently confronted severe prejudice and discrimination.

COMMENTARY: An abyss of historical ignorance

By Jeffrey Weiss — January 31, 2014
(RNS) Cavalier Nazi comparisons disrespect the actual victims of the Nazis by suggesting that any perceived wrong is like the Holocaust. It's not.

Westminster Abbey marks Kristallnacht anniversary with interfaith service

By Trevor Grundy — November 11, 2013
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) At an emotional worship service, considered one of the largest gatherings of Christians and Jews, some 1,600 British men and women filed into Westminster Abbey Sunday (Nov. 10) to mark the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
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