This past weekend was the 64th anniversary of Kristallnacht, two of the darkest days in European Jewish history. Meryl Yourish takes us back for a brief glimpse into the horror that was life for Jews under the Third Reich.On the nights of November 9 and 10, rampaging mobs throughout Germany and the newly acquired territories of Austria and Sudetenland freely attacked Jews in the street, in their homes and at their places of work and worship. At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured, more than 1,000 synagogues were burned (and possibly as many as 2,000), almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed, cemeteries and schools were vandalized, and 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
And that was just the beginning.
