Kristallnacht
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kristallnacht canonical | 8 |
| Kristallnacht pogrom | 1 |
| Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938 | 1 |
| Night of Broken Glass | 1 |
| November pogroms | 1 |
| November pogroms of 1938 in Austria | 1 |
| Reichskristallnacht | 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kristallnacht Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Night of Broken Glass
this entity surface form:
Reichskristallnacht
this entity surface form:
November pogroms
this entity surface form:
Kristallnacht pogrom
this entity surface form:
Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938
this entity surface form:
November pogroms of 1938 in Austria