Word: kristallnacht
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...KRISTALLNACHT: THE JOURNEY FROM 1938 TO 1988 (PBS, Nov. 9, 9 p.m. on most stations). A look at the Nazi campaign of terror against Jews begins with the infamous "night of breaking glass...
...year-old Christian Democrat said he had been misunderstood, was shocked by the reaction and felt "deeply sorry" for any offense caused by his remarks Thursday on the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the rampage against Jews that began the Nazi genocide...
...furor overshadowed West Germany's carefully planned ceremonies for the anniversary of the night of terror Nov. 9-10, 1938, which the Nazis named Kristallnacht, or Crystal Night, for the shattered glass that littered the streets...
...Kristallnacht began what became known as the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were killed...
Erich Honecker, General Secretary of East Germany's Communist Party, also announced that his government would rebuild the Oranienburgerstrass e Synagogue, prewar Berlin's largest Jewish house of worship, which was ravaged by Nazi mobs during the Kristallnacht violence of 1938. The East German leader cautioned that his country might have to dole out the money in installments, since it lacked the hard currency to pay survivors all at once...