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Kristallnacht

[ krees-tahl-nahkht ]

noun

  1. a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Kristallnacht1

< German Kristall crystal + Nacht night
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Example Sentences

Yet as he said in a video that went viral, I felt that the insurrection on the Capitol was like Kristallnacht.

The Kandel family has survived Kristallnacht intact, and Eric had boarded the S.S. Gerolstein to New York.

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