The word Kristallnacht was a measure of lyrical sarcasm, and referred to the fact that pieces of glass from the wrecked windows, shined like crystal in the streets. "It refers to the fragments of shattered window glass that littered the sidewalks in front of Jewish shops that had been vandalized during the night.... Nazi mobs broke the glass in Jewish shop windows. "A half-dozen of the best shops were converted into wreckage overnight with plate-glass windows splintered on the pavement, shelves torn down and goods lying broken and trampled on the floor.... In some townships so many o...

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The Holocaust The Holocaust was a terrible time in history. When Hitler came into power in 1933 the ruthless deaths of over 600,000 Jews was about to occur. Though today some people still refuse to believe that it ever occured, the proof of evidence that it did is too obvious to disregard. The...

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The great depression of the US not only affected people domestically, but internationally as well. It formed modern government in many countries, made drastic legislative changes, and even spurred a major war for many countries. The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the gre...

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