November 9th Kristallnacht (broken glasses) commemoration day.

[marylander1940]

November 9th Kristallnacht (broken glasses) commemoration day.

 

A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day, has come to be known as Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

 

http://blogs.rj.org/rac/files/2013/11/Kristallnacht.jpg

 

http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.615440.1410464063!/image/2560586943.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/2560586943.jpg

 

 

http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/International/gty_kristallnacht_kb_131108_33x16_1600.jpg

[Andrew]

Thanks for sharing this. I never stoped to think about the many atrocities committed against the Jewish people beyond the most infamous. It is critical, in my opinion, to know and consider the many "less widley known" persistent and increasingly severe atrocities again all Jews.

[Andrew]

Thanks for sharing this. I never stoped to think about the many atrocities committed against the Jewish people beyond the most infamous. It is critical, in my opinion, to know and consider the many "less widley known" persistent and increasingly severe atrocities again all Jews.

 

Also, those photos are both beautifully done, and incredibly disturbing. It's difficult to have an appreciation of the photos, when trying to understanding the pain of the subject.

[+ bigjoey]

An interesting aspect of the damage was that being typical good Germans most of the Jewish property was insured. The Nazis did not realize this until about a week later when the insurance claims started to pour into the German insurance companies. Many of the insurance companies were facing bankruptcy due to the size of the claims. If memory serves me right, the ever resourceful Nazis declared that the Jews caused the riots and therefore the claims did not have to be paid.

[nynakedtop]

I am still haunted by portrayals of that evening in the tv series Holocaust from some decades ago.

 

I am not interested in forgiveness

[+ MasssageGuy]

For those who want a detailed account of The Holocaust, this is a very interesting read.

 

Can it happen again? Think about the elements in play with massive relocation of in Middle East, growing disparity between rich and poor, etc...

 

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning – Deckle Edge

 

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Earth-Holocaust-History-Warning/dp/1101903457/ref=la_B001H6N9K4_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447160200&sr=1-1

 

[+ Gar1eth]

From the Daily Beast

 

 

WTF?

Swedish Anti-Nazi Activists Fail to Invite Jews to Kristallnacht Rally

ANDREW KIRELL

11.09.1511:10 AM ET

 

 

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  When commemorating the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht with an anti-Nazism rally, you’d think perhaps the most obvious people to invite would be Jewish citizens. Not so for organizers in one Swedish city, where a Monday evening event will transpire without the presence of local Jews.
   
  “Umeå Against Nazism” is set to take place in Umeå’s Town Hall Square, timed to the anniversary of the 1938 violent pogrom largely seen as the start of the Holocaust. The event’s organizer, Jan Hägglund, is a local lawmaker and member of the local socialist Workers’ Party.
   
  The decision not to invite local Jews, he said, was because the rally could “be perceived as unwelcoming or unsafe situation for them.” According to Norrköping Tidningar, previous rallies have included Palestinian flags and banners where the Star of David was equated with the Nazi swastika. Another Workers’ Party official told The Jerusalem Post that, in the past, this rally has been “a narrow affair for ‘leftists.’”
   
   
  The event’s Facebook page acknowledged Kristallnacht as the moment when ”Nazis stepped up the violence against the Jewish population in Germany.” Additionally, the page beckoned, “Knowledge of the Nazi extermination of millions of Jews and Roma must be kept alive.”
   
  Noting that Nazi activists marched on Umeå for the first time since World War II two years ago, the page declared that “our rally should be seen as a defense of Umeå as a city of openness towards people with different culture, religion and sexual orientation. As well as support for those forced to flee from war and hopes for a future in Umeå.”
   
  Critics see that latter statement as a hint that the event has ulterior political motives.
   
  “What is the point of a rally against Nazism if the relatives of the victims aren’t invited?”
   
  “How much clearer can the anti-Semitism of the left be?” one Facebook commenter wrote. Another person added that not including Jews for a Kristallnacht memorial is like only including whites to take part in a demonstration against South African apartheid.
   
   
   
  An unsigned Norrköping Tidningar editorial railed against the decision: “What is the point of a rally against Nazism if the relatives of the victims aren’t invited?” Another local lawmaker, Anders Ågren of the Moderate Party, said he will not participate in the event, and will instead gather with the local Jewish Association to light candles and have a moment of silence.
   
   
  Hägglund claimed to The Jerusalem Post that Jewish groups were indeed invited, but declined due to a prior engagement. Local Jewish leader Carrine Sjöberg replied that she only received a formal extension after the controversy hit local papers.
   
  In a personal blog post, Hägglund did not offer apologies for the controversy, instead writing about how pro-Netanyahu newspaper Israel Hayom negatively mentioned his name.
   
  “I risk being despised among Israelis and Jews,” he wrote. Yeah, the newspaper shout-out will do that. Not, you know, the failure to include Jews in a Kristallnacht rally.
   
   
   
   
   
  

Gman