Kristallnacht

The book delves into the events of November 10, 1938, when Nazi forces unleashed violence against Jewish communities in Germany, marking Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass. This brutal episode resulted in the destruction of over a thousand synagogues and numerous Jewish businesses, alongside the arrest of thirty thousand Jews sent to concentration camps. It highlights this pivotal moment as a crucial step in the Nazis' systematic efforts to eradicate the Jewish population, foreshadowing the horrors of the Holocaust to come.