Horrific images from Kristallnacht 80 years ago

[Generic Other]

Today is the 80th anniversary of https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kristallnacht?src=hash&

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A personal story: My grandfather fought in WWII. He never spoke about it, so we didnt know much about his time in the service, but based on the patches on his uniform, we think he did something in intel.— Elisheva Avital (@ElishevaAvital)

Note: Click on the link and see why we must not ever forget.

[pangaia]

1. THANK YOU for posting this.

I am a little tired of the humorous comments all over the place about what the fuck is going on...

Not only must we not forget it, we must remember that the prelude to a repeat is happening right now.

You know, I am going to KYOTO Sunday am for a week.
I hope like hell there is a country to return to....


RESIST !!!!!!!!!!!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. My ex is Jewish. A cousin of his(2nd or 3rd, not sure of the precise degree) was a child then.

She and her family were on vacation in Switzerland (I don't recall precisely where in Germany they were from) when Kristallnacht happened. He owned some kind of business, and when he called back to it, the employees told him not to return. After a year or so they made it to South America, Brazil I think, where she grew up, married, had a couple of kids. Some years later she emigrated to Canada, where we met up with her perhaps 15 years ago. I'm sure she told us which other relatives did not make it out, but I've forgotten those precise details. What matters is that I, a non Jew, is personally touched by this event through my husband.

We really are all related.

[appalachiablue]

3. K & R. So critical to know about the Krystallnacht horror. TY.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Thank you for posting this.

We must never forget. This did not start with extermination camps and burning people in ovens. It started slowly, by demonizing racial minorities and escalated from there. It took years to reach the horror that it finally became. We must always be on guard.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. K&R

As horrific as this event was, there was a lead up to it. People really need to pay close attention.

[crazytown]

6. There are no images of Kristallnact at the link

There wern’t many taken in the night either. The Reich were not taking pictures. The Press steered clear of the mobs

[Generic Other]

8. The images were marked on the back

November 10, 1938. Nuremburg.

[Metatron]

9. You have to click on a second link to see the photos.

Here is the Twitter account with the photos:

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The pictures were taken by Nazi photographers. There is a photo of the back of a couple of pictures with the names of the photographers.

[salin]

7. In tears. This story/thread needs to be seen widely.

While I always try to hold on to the view of others via the best of human nature. I never forget the depths of the worst of human nature. Then I see this - and realize the depths of the worst of human nature plumb far deeper than I can image.