Feferkorn · Nov 9, 2026
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88 years ago today, on November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed Kristallnacht – 'The Night of Broken Glass' – a wave of violence and destruction against Jewish communities that marked a turning point on the road to the Holocaust. But the violence did not begin with shattered glass and burning synagogues. It followed years of systematic demonisation, dehumanisation and the normalisation of antisemitism – enabled not only by those in power, but by institutions and ordinary citizens. As we remember Kristallnacht – the lives it claimed and the communities it devastated – its warning remains as urgent as ever: hatred does not begin with violence. It begins when prejudice is legitimised, excused and allowed to flourish. Video: AIJAC.
