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In Germany, Kristallnacht goes by a different name. Here’s why.

JL;DR SUMMARY In Germany, the annual remembrance of Kristallnacht is marked under a different name—"November Pogrom"—to better reflect the brutal and violent nature of the events on November 9-10, 1938, when Nazi anti-Jewish riots destroyed synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses, killing at least 91 Jews. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryGermanyConcentration CampsNazi PersecutionHolocaust RemembranceKristallnachtAnti Jewish RiotsTerminologyNovember PogromLanguage And Memory

Places mentioned

Kippenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"For Inge Auerbacher, who grew up in Kippenheim, in southwest Germany, there was nothing pretty about that night."
Berlin, Germany
"Angelika Antphler, who grew up in Berlin, remembers, too."
Bremen, Germany
"This week, Antphler will share her memories in conversation with moderator Frank Lauktter at an event recalling the burning of the Aumunder Synagogue in Bremen, where she lived after the war with her late husband, Hajo Antphler."
Breisach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"Kristallnacht is a much too pretty word for something so terrible, and I dont use it anymore, said Jessica Ohletz, vice principal of the Julius-Leber High School in Breisach, a town in southwest Germany."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"It has become such a distinctive marker for all remembrance of November 9, 1938, a day whose aftermath she witnessed as a 6-year old child, walking with her father past their fire-blackened synagogue in Munich, stepping over shards of glass."
Queens, New York, United States
"All our windows were broken, and my father and grandfather were sent to Dachau, Auerbacher, 87, recalled in a recent interview from her home in Queens, New York."
Israel
"It was a turning point in both Jewish and non-Jewish memories, said Guy Meron, historian at the Open University of Israel and the Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, Israels Holocaust memorial."

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