Kristallnacht

Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Stefan Sirucek

The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."

Kristallnacht: 70 Years Later

Danny Miller | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Danny Miller

Let's mark this anniversary by recognizing that there are still plenty of people, groups, and governments who would persecute and scapegoat certain segments of society.

Kristallnacht 2008

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Kristallnacht marked the beginning of what we now know as the Holocaust.

The Third Reich Rises for Prop 8 (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Tom Gregory

2008-10-30-prop8pull.jpg At a recent Prop 8 rally Brad Dacus, an official campaign spokesman, actually compared the right of same-sex couples to marry to the rise of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.