Kristallnacht 1938

Reveals the true depth and nature of popular antisemitism in Nazi Germany on the eve of the Holocaust.

Autorentext
Alan E. Steinweis is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont.

Klappentext
On November 7, 1938, a Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynspan, fatally shot a German diplomat in Paris. Within three days anti-Jewish violence erupted throughout Germany, initially incited by local Nazi officials, and ultimately sanctioned by the decisions of Hitler and Goebbels at the pinnacle of the Third Reich. As synagogues burned and Jews were beaten in the streets, police stood aside. Men, women, and children--many neighbors of the victims--participated enthusiastically in acts of violence, rituals of humiliation, and looting. Within two days, a nationwide anti-Semitic pogrom had inflicted massive destruction on synagogues, Jewish schools, and Jewish-owned businesses. During and after this spasm of violence and plunder, 30,000 Jewish men were rounded up and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds would perish in the following months. Kristallnacht revealed to the world the intent and extent of Nazi Judeophobia. However, it was seen essentially as the work of the Nazi leadership. Now, Alan Steinweis counters that view in his vision of Kristallnacht as a veritable pogrom--a popular cathartic convulsion of anti-Semitic violence that was manipulated from above but executed from below by large numbers of ordinary Germans rioting in the streets, heckling and taunting Jews, cheering Stormtroopers' hostility, and looting Jewish property on a massive scale. Based on original research in the trials of the pogrom's perpetrators and the testimonies of its Jewish survivors, Steinweis brings to light the evidence of mob action by all sectors of the civilian population. "Kristallnacht 1938" reveals the true depth and nature of popular anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany on the eve of the Holocaust.

Zusammenfassung
Kristallnacht revealed to the world the intent and extent of Nazi Judeophobia. However, it was seen essentially as the work of the Nazi leadership. Now, Steinweis counters that view in his vision of Kristallnacht as a veritable pogromâa popular convulsion of anti-Semitic violence manipulated from above but executed from below by ordinary Germans.

Inhalt
*Contents *Note on Names *Introduction: A German Pogrom *"Our Path Is the Right One" *"This Bloody Jewish Deed" *"And Now the People Shall Act" *"The Time for Revenge Has Now Arrived" *"Things that Must be Implemented by Means of Violence" *"Synagogues Ignited Themselves" *"Defendants and Witnesses Openly Hold Back with the Truth" *Note on Sources *Notes *Acknowledgments *Index

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