WWII

Kristallnacht: On November 9, 1938 there was a cordinated attack on Jews in the German Reich. This is known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass. The attack happened because a 17 yr old Jew living in Paris shot and killed a member of the German Embassy staff. He did this because of the way he and other poor families were being treated under the control of the Nazi Germans. On November 9, mob violence broke out where there were Germman police, Nazi storm troopers, SS and HItler Youth beating and killing Jews.

- 250,000 Jewish men were taken away to Dachau. - Dachau, Aushwitz-Birkeam, Treblinka - Extermination camps. - Germans had riots because they were angry with the problems the Jewish people were causing


 * - *Kristalnacht marks the beginning of the Holocaust***

Summary of story about the Jewish Family's home being intruded: One night in 1938, they were all sleeping when several storm troopers came to their home and started to destroy everything downstairs. After moving upstairs and searching everywhere, they all finally left...or so they thought. The father said he'd go to the office to talk to someone to help, but when he got downstairs, there were more storm troopers waiting for him. He ran back upstairs and had two minutes to say goodbye. Four months later, he showed back up to the house and somehow managed to escape Dachau. They are all living happy lives now.

C: The father was brave for his family and was very protective of them. C: The hiding and being scared reminded me of the story of Anne Franck. Q: Why was the father released from the extermination camp?

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