Kristallnacht survivor Andy Factor warns of rising antisemitism on 80th anniversary

[Behind the Aegis]

"They're smashing windows. Don't go outside. The Nazis are here."

Andy Factor can still hear the shattering sound that pierced the silence of the back room where his family was huddled on what would later become known as "kristallnacht" — the night of broken glass.

It was a turning point in the Nazi's persecution of Jews as Germans openly rioted across the country on November 9, 1938, targeting Jewish homes and businesses while police watched on.

Now, exactly 80 years since that night, there is another sound that fills Andy with fear: the rising and reinvigorated chorus of white nationalism and antisemitism that is spreading across parts of Europe and America.

"I am convinced that it can happen again," he said.

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