Crystal Night Exercises

The Crystal Night was one of the most important events in Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War II. It was an action coordinated by the government itself, since the orders came from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. What was the Crystal Night?

a) An attempted coup by the Nazis in Bavaria in 1923.

b) The name given to the night of the Reichstag fire in 1933.

c) The night of the great burning of books considered alienating, in 1933.

d) A major attack carried out against Jews throughout Germany in 1938.

e) The night the Nuremberg Laws were passed, in 1935.

The Crystal Night, which took place in November 1938, was a major milestone in German society. This episode represented the escalation of violence against the Jews of Germany in order to force them out of the country. This attack was coordinated by the Nazi government supposedly in reprisal:

a) the vandalizing of the Reich flag by Jewish longshoremen in New York.

b) the murder of a German diplomat by a Jewish student.

c) Poland's refusal to sign a diplomatic agreement to receive Jews of Polish origin residing in Germany.

d) the murder of a German student by two Jews.

e) the attack took place to distract public opinion from the poor performance of the German economy.

“Grystals Night” is the name given to the great attack carried out in Nazi Germany against Jews in November 1938. Why was this event named?

a) Because the decision to attack came from a room full of crystals, in which the Nazi leadership was meeting.

b) Due to the destruction of glass windows in Jewish shops, which scattered broken glass on the floors of large German cities.

c) By the intention of the Nazis to use the attack to appropriate the amount of wealth of the Jewish community.

d) Because, on the day of the attack, there was a Jewish festival, in which crystal chalices were used.

e) None of the above.

Adolf Hitler authorized the attack against Jews in November 1938 as a reprisal for the assassination of the German diplomat in Paris. The crime was committed by a 17-year-old Jewish student who wanted revenge for the fact that his parents had been expelled from Germany. The diplomat killed on that occasion was called:

a) Joseph Goebbels

b) Reinhard Heydrich

c) Ernst vom Rath

d) Herschel Grynszpan

e) Albert Speer

LETTER D

The Crystal Night took place on November 9 and November 10, 1938 and was organized by the Nazi government. This event was a pogrom , that is, a government-coordinated attack against the Jewish community throughout Germany. Actions were organized to destroy synagogues, shops and homes of Jews, who were beaten and imprisoned.

LETER B

The Crystal Night took place in retaliation for the murder of a German diplomat working in Paris. This diplomat, named Ernst vom Rath, was the victim of an attack carried out by a 17-year-old Jewish student who wanted revenge for his parents being expelled from Germany.

LETER B

The name “Gristallnacht” is the translation of the German term Kristallnacht . This expression refers to the shards of glass that were scattered on the sidewalks of the streets of large German cities as a result of the destruction of glass. This attack was promoted by the Nazis.

LETER C

The diplomat hit by the attack on Jewish student Herschel Grynszpan was Ernst vom Rath. The attack on the German embassy took place on November 8, 1938, and the diplomat died the following day. The attack was used as propaganda to reinforce anti-Semitism in Germany and as a justification for promoting the pogrom .