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Eighty-seven years later

Michael Kuttner — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:46:58 +0000

This week, eighty-seven years ago, the night of shattered glass (Kristallnacht) sent an unmistakable message. For the Jews of Germany and Austria, it conveyed a chilling message that the time to escape was fast running out. For Jews in Europe, it heralded omens of destruction and doom looming on the horizon. For Jews elsewhere, it […]

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From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: Sydney commemoration unites generations of hope

Rob Klein — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:22:24 +0000

Last night, close to 800 people gathered in Sydney for the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Kristallnacht commemoration, an evening that powerfully linked a notorious moment of the Nazi pogrom with the subsequent act of rescue. The event, themed “From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport”, was a moving reflection on memory, compassion, and resilience. Dane Stern, […]

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Historic first: Holocaust included in draft NZ Year 10 curriculum

Greg Bouwer — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:37:27 +0000

For the first time in New Zealand history, the Holocaust is explicitly included in the draft Year 10 Social Sciences curriculum, marking a major step forward in Holocaust education across New Zealand. The draft curriculum, released by the Ministry of Education, contains two sections relevant to students’ study of the Holocaust. The first, “Persecution of Jews and other minorities,” traces […]

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Connect the dots

Michael Kuttner — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:17:23 +0000

Connecting the dots is as easy as putting various facts and clues together in order to see the whole picture or to understand something globally. On 9 November, Jews worldwide commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht when, in 1938, Jewish businesses, synagogues, communal buildings and homes were vandalised and destroyed. At the same time, Jews were […]

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Contagious insanity

Michael Kuttner — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 04:45:15 +0000

It is well known that viruses are contagious, and now it seems that a new variant is rampant among certain sections of the body politic. Irrational insanity has always infected those for whom hating Jews and Israel is second nature. Following Israel’s just concluded elections, the ripple effect of knee-jerk hypocrisy has reached epidemic levels. […]

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#ItStartedWithWords: in commemoration of Kristallnacht

J-Wire Newsdesk — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:04:46 +0000

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) in commemoration of Kristallnacht, has relaunched its Holocaust survivor-led, digital campaign, #ItStartedWithWords. #ItStartedWithWords is a Holocaust education campaign featuring survivors from around the globe reflecting on the moments that led up to the Holocaust – a period when they could not have predicted the ease […]

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Brisbane commemorates Kristallnacht

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:35:01 +0000

More than 100 southeast Queensland residents have attended a moving Kristallnacht service at the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation. The evening featured Kristallnacht survivor Professor Edgar Gold, who shared his memories, as a four-year-old living in Hamburg, from this devastating event. Mr Gold said one of his vivid memories was the look of hatred and anger by […]

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Dani Dayan on what Holocaust taught about extremes and how antisemitism persists

Dmitriy Shapiro — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:56:24 +0000

In his first visit back to the United States as chairman of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, former Israeli Consul General in New York Dani Dayan seek to impart a sense of unity that he believes is an essential piece in the knowledge of the Holocaust and Jewish identity around the […]

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Broken glass and shattered illusions

Michael Kuttner — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:37:30 +0000

One would have imagined that the night of 9 November 1938 in Germany would have shattered forever any lingering illusions that one could appease Jew-hate by negotiations and reason. It was on Kristallnacht that any lingering doubts as to the fate of Europe’s Jewish communities were banished from the minds of all except those who […]

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Kristallnacht

J-Wire — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:58:32 +0000

November 9-10, 1938, marked the onset of the Holocaust. On this date, a pogrom against the Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria occurred that ended with over 200 synagogues destroyed. Over 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses were damaged. Over 30,000 Jews were arrested. And 91 Jews were murdered in Germany, Austria and the Sudetenland. This night, known […]

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