Question

1. when did kristallnacht happen?
2. who coordinated the event?
3. how many german jewish men were arrested the next day? why were they arrested?
4. key dates-use the information in the article to describe the events that took place on each of these dates.

november 7, 1938

Explanation:

1. Kristallnacht is a well-documented historical event with a confirmed date.
2. The event was organized by Nazi Party leadership and paramilitary groups under Hitler's regime.
3. Historical records cite the number of arrested men and the official, false justification used by the Nazis.
4. November 7, 1938, was the date of the assassination attempt that the Nazis used as a pretext for Kristallnacht.

Answer:

1. November 9–10, 1938
2. The Nazi Party (led by Adolf Hitler, with coordination from paramilitary groups like the SA and SS)
3. Around 30,000 German Jewish men were arrested. The Nazis claimed it was retaliation for the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jewish teenager, but it was part of their systematic persecution of Jews.
4. November 7, 1938: Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Jewish refugee, shot and killed Ernst vom Rath, a German diplomat in Paris. This event was used by the Nazi regime as a pretext to launch Kristallnacht two days later.