Kristallnacht

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antisemitic pogrom crime against humanity historical event

Kristallnacht was a state-organized pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938, marked by widespread violence, destruction of synagogues and Jewish property, and mass arrests that signaled a major escalation toward the Holocaust.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Kristallnacht pogrom 1
Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938 1
Night of Broken Glass 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antisemitic pogrom ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
cause assassination of Ernst vom Rath ⓘ
commemoratedOn November 10 ⓘ
November 9 ⓘ
concentrationCampDestination Buchenwald ⓘ
surface form: Buchenwald concentration camp

Dachau ⓘ
surface form: Dachau concentration camp

Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endDate 1938-11-10 ⓘ
followedBy escalation toward the Holocaust ⓘ
intensified Aryanization of Jewish property ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kristallnacht ⓘ
surface form: Night of Broken Glass

Kristallnacht ⓘ
surface form: November pogroms

Kristallnacht ⓘ
surface form: Reichskristallnacht
historicalSignificance marked a transition from discrimination to widespread physical violence against Jews in Nazi Germany ⓘ
signaled a major escalation in Nazi antisemitic policy ⓘ
ideology antisemitism ⓘ
location Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
surface form: Sudetenland
numberOfJewishBusinessesDamaged thousands ⓘ
numberOfJewsArrested about 30000 ⓘ
numberOfJewsDeportedToConcentrationCamps about 30000 ⓘ
numberOfJewsKilled at least 90 ⓘ
numberOfSynagoguesDestroyed over 1000 ⓘ
orderedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
organizedBy Nazi Party officials ⓘ
surface form: Nazi Party leadership
partOf persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany ⓘ
perpetrator German police forces ⓘ
Hitler Youth ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime

SA ⓘ
SS ⓘ
plannedBy Joseph Goebbels ⓘ
precededBy NurembergLaws ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Laws
result destruction of Jewish religious life in many communities ⓘ
increased Jewish emigration from Germany ⓘ
mass arrests of Jewish men ⓘ
startDate 1938-11-09 ⓘ
target Jewish homes ⓘ
Jewish synagogues ⓘ
Jewish-owned businesses ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
usedAsPretext assassination of Ernst vom Rath ⓘ
victim Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Jews

Czechoslovak Jews in annexed territories ⓘ
German Jews ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kristallnacht → hasAlternativeName → Kristallnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht → hasAlternativeName → Kristallnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichskristallnacht
Kristallnacht → hasAlternativeName → Kristallnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: November pogroms
Nazism → implementedPolicy → Kristallnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kristallnacht pogrom
Nazi Germany → notableEvent → Kristallnacht ⓘ
Nazi war crimes → notableEvent → Kristallnacht ⓘ
Third Reich → notableEvent → Kristallnacht ⓘ
Holocaust → precededBy → Kristallnacht ⓘ
Interwar period → significantEvent → Kristallnacht ⓘ
Protection Squadron → significantEvent → Kristallnacht ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938