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German Synagogue Opens On Pogrom Anniversary

AP | Posted 01.09.2012 | Religion
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BERLIN -- Germany's president has inaugurated a new synagogue on the anniversary of the 1938 Nazi anti-Jewish pogrom that was known as "Kristallnacht,...

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Considering Collective Responsibility Through The Lens Of Kristallnacht

Ariel Gros-Werter | Posted 01.09.2012 | Religion
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Ariel Gros-Werter

Kristallnacht can be considered as more than a Holocaust remembrance day. It is a day to examine the larger repercussions of our actions, and the actions of the groups to which we belong.

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Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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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."

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