New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938

Click Here to Read: New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938:  A New York Times story from November 10, 1938, that reports on the events of Kristallnacht in Munich and other cities around Germany on the Facing History website. 

German citizens look the other way on Nov. 10 1938, the day after Kristallnacht. What they see or don’t want to see are destroyed Jewish shops and houses. Image:  Author Unknown.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How to explain the ‘timid’ reaction of American Jewish leaders to Kristallnacht?

Click Here to Read: How to explain the ‘timid’ reaction of American Jewish leaders to Kristallnacht?: Amid the worst pogrom to take place in Germany since the Middle Ages, most US Jewish communal leaders told their constituents to keep quiet By Matt Lebovic on the Times of Israel website on November 10, 2018.

Synagogue in Hanover, Germany, set ablaze during the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9-10, 1938 (public domain).