Nov. 9-10, 1938, stands as a somber date in history, marking one of the most heinous episodes of violence and persecution against the Jewish community during the Nazi era. The events of these two ...

Readers on this day in 1938 learned of an antisemitic pogrom carried out by the Nazis against Jews in Germany. Known as Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, a two-day wave of violence was ...

KFC has apologized for sending an alert urging customers in Germany to commemorate the Kristallnacht – the 1938 pogrom that preceded the Holocaust — by eating its cheesy fried chicken. “Go ahead and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Boerneplatz synagogue in flames on Nov. 10, 1938, during the 'Night of Broken Glass' in Frankfurt, Germany. History/Universal ...

JERUSALEM — Harrowing images from 1938's Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said ...

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — European synagogues kept their lights on Monday night as part of a campaign that commemorates the 82th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogroms. Titled “Light Up the Synagogue” ...

Never-before-seen photos of the event considered the beginning of the Holocaust have been released to the public, giving viewers another look at the horrific Kristallnacht. The images were released by ...

This photo, released by Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, shows Nazis carrying Jewish books, presumably for burning on Nov. 10, 1938, most likely in the town of Fuerth, Germany. The ...

(JTA) — Nov. 9 marks several historical anniversaries in Germany, including Adolf Hitler’s failed putsch in 1923 and the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. But the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938 eclipses ...

This photo released by Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, shows German Nazis carry Jewish books, presumably for burning, during Kristallnacht intake most likely in the town of Fuerth, ...

JERUSALEM — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938′s Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial, the ...