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Commemoration: Berlin commemorates the victims of the Pogrom Night

Synagogues burned, Jewish shops were looted, people murdered: Berlin commemorates the Pogrom Night 88 years ago.

Original: Gedenken: Berlin erinnert an die Opfer der Pogromnacht

Society Berlin 25 independent outlets · 96 articles translated from German
Photo: SWR Aktuell (Südwestrundfunk), Berliner Morgenpost
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Photo: SWR Aktuell (Südwestrundfunk) 1 / 2

What happened

The only Shoa survivor Alexander Lebenstein later described the horrors and suffering impressively.

What outlets write

  1. Niederlausitz aktuell 9 November, 12:30
    «In both cities, commemoration begins at 6 p.m»
  2. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ) 9 November, 18:02
    «Hundreds of people have now remembered that they came to the Red Row Memorial or decorated stumbling blocks»
  3. SWR Studio Mannheim 9 November, 17:57
    «The November pogroms of November 9, 1938 were a brutal incision in the history of the Jewish population in Germany»
  4. MDR aktuell (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) 9 November, 19:31
    «On 9 November 1938 the imperial pogrom night took place»
  5. Ostsee-Zeitung 10 November, 14:03
    «Participants stood in the way of the AfD politicians Petra Federau and Leif-Erik Holm when they wanted to take off the flowers»

What's next

On the night of November 10, 1938, synagogues were burning everywhere in the Reich.

Who reports

25 independent outlets · 96 articles