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This 8 page paper discusses the significance of "Kristallnacht" ("Crystal Night"), which occurred in Germany November 9 and 10, 1938. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Nazi program of deliberate destruction out of the shadows and revealed it in its hideousness for those who were able to see what was about to happen. This paper discusses
the significance of the events of those nights. Discussion Kristallnacht was an important event in its own right, but perhaps its greater meaning lies in its status as a warning
of what was to come. When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, he began his persecution of Germanys Jews almost immediately; in 1933, "he proclaimed a one-day boycott against Jewish
shops, a law was passed against kosher butchering and Jewish children began experiencing restrictions in public schools" (Kristallnacht). In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were passed (more below); and by 1936,
"Jews were prohibited from participation in parliamentary elections and signs reading Jews Not Welcome appeared in many German cities" (Kristallnacht). In 1938, "numerous laws were passed restricting Jewish economic activity
and occupational opportunities [and] in July, 1938, a law was passed (effective January 1, 1939) requiring all Jews to carry identification cards" (Kristallnacht). Thus we see a pattern of systematic
abuse that had continued for years. However, the Germans often concocted a legal pretext for inflicting such abuse, such as passing the Nuremberg Laws in 1935; these laws were designed,
among other things, to ensure the "racial purity" of the German people and to "clarify the position of Jews in the Reich" (Austin). The laws were obviously passed in order
to support an existing ideology, but the outward form of legality was observed, in that Jews who were arrested for breaking these laws were actually charged with a crime, not
merely harassed, imprisoned or executed on a whim. But even as late as 1938, when the laws that Jews had to carry ID cards were passed, it seemed that things
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