Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Kristallnacht
Today and tomorrow, November 9 and 10, marks the 67 anniversary of Kristallnacht. Here is a bit of information of what it was and why it happened from the website:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/knacht.html
"...Zindel Grynszpan, who had been born in western Poland and had moved to Hanover, where he established a small store, in 1911. On the night of October 27, Zindel Grynszpan and his family were forced out of their home by German police. His store and the family's possessions were confiscated and they were forced to move over the Polish border. Zindel Grynszpan's seventeen-year-old son, Herschel, was living with an uncle in Paris. When he received news of his family's expulsion, he went to the German embassy in Paris on November 7, intending to assassinate the German Ambassador to France. Upon discovering that the Ambassador was not in the embassy, he settled for a lesser official, Third Secretary Ernst vom Rath. Rath, was critically wounded and died two days later, on November 9."
Thousands of synagogues were burned. The windows in Jewish shops and houses were broken by Nazi youth. Some 96 Jews were murdered. All of this engineered by Goebbels. This incident was used to spurn hatred of the Jews and lead to the "Final Solution" decision made at Vannsee some two years later.
I try to not forget the days of death. I try not forget that millions of people whom I will never know have and are dying senselessly so that a few men can make a whole lot of money. Although I will never know all their names, I know what happened. I will not forget. I will always seek justice.
Not so happy anniversary...
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/knacht.html
"...Zindel Grynszpan, who had been born in western Poland and had moved to Hanover, where he established a small store, in 1911. On the night of October 27, Zindel Grynszpan and his family were forced out of their home by German police. His store and the family's possessions were confiscated and they were forced to move over the Polish border. Zindel Grynszpan's seventeen-year-old son, Herschel, was living with an uncle in Paris. When he received news of his family's expulsion, he went to the German embassy in Paris on November 7, intending to assassinate the German Ambassador to France. Upon discovering that the Ambassador was not in the embassy, he settled for a lesser official, Third Secretary Ernst vom Rath. Rath, was critically wounded and died two days later, on November 9."
Thousands of synagogues were burned. The windows in Jewish shops and houses were broken by Nazi youth. Some 96 Jews were murdered. All of this engineered by Goebbels. This incident was used to spurn hatred of the Jews and lead to the "Final Solution" decision made at Vannsee some two years later.
I try to not forget the days of death. I try not forget that millions of people whom I will never know have and are dying senselessly so that a few men can make a whole lot of money. Although I will never know all their names, I know what happened. I will not forget. I will always seek justice.
Not so happy anniversary...
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