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The violence of the 1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany known as Kristallnacht was a turning point in Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’
The controversial new government of Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure from massive protests by both Israelis and Palestinians.
A scholar of Jewish history explains how the term ‘pogrom’ lives in Jewish collective memory and why its use can be highly contentious.
A Holocaust historian explains why Ukrainian history needs to be understood in terms of both past violence against Jews as well as the state’s pluralistic vision.
About 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and deported to concentration camps in the German Reich in the immediate aftermath after Kristallnacht, the night of the Broken Glass, in November 1938.
Most histories highlight the shattered storefronts and synagogues set aflame. But it was the systematic ransacking of Jewish homes that extracted the greatest toll.
The visa waiver scheme saved thousands of Jewish children from persecution – but at a huge cost.
Eight decades on, the thought of the state encouraging people to attack groups of citizens is hard to believe. Here are some books that might help.
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Professor of German, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Hull
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Faculty, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Gratz College
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Lecturer in Modern Russian History, University of Southampton
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Professor of History and Legal Studies, Bryant University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Professor of History and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
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Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History, University of California, Davis