NOVEMBER 9 IN GERMAN HISTORY

KRISTALLNACHT - Questions to be used with the websites below

1. See white box above - answer questions on handout
   
   
2. QUICK READ - Germany's Day of Destiny - November 9
   
   
3. Five second video download about Kristallnacht (VIEW QUICKLY).
   
   
4. Overview of Kristallnacht from About.com
   
5. Brief summary of the events surrounding Kristallnacht.
   
   
6. US Holocaust Memorial Museum's comprehensive Kristallnacht website.
   
   
   • 1, Watch 2 minute video of the Fire Department protecting houses but not the synagogue
     
     
   • 2. Map of synagogues burned.
     
     
   • 3. Jewish Emigration from Germany - answer handout questions - a, b, c
     
     
   • IF YOU WANT - Bottom right - 22 HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS- view some and View pictures and read a little
     
     
     
7. Simon Wiesenthal Learning Center- View and read photos on Kristallnacht.
   
   
   
8. Jewish Student Online Research Center Kristallnacht Site.
   
   
   • a. The Destruction of Synagogues and look at the Destruction Map
     
     b. Skim and Read A FEW reactions to Kristallnacht - second link
     
     c. Click the various links at bottom - Photographs - fourth link
     
     d. Skim a bit or as much as you'd like - Background & Overview - first link
     
     
9. Kristallnacht: timeline of events, photos, map of destruction
   
   
10. November 2005 - What happens to Holocaust deniers in Germany - is it free speech?
    

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11. VERY HELPFUL Kristallnacht videos One and Two and Three and people who lived through it
    
    
12. 2014 is the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nov 9, 1989.
    

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    MUST READ
    
13. Simon Wiesenthal Center - 36 questions about the Holocaust
    
    
14. US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Common Student Questions
    
    MISC
    
15. Hitler Restaurant in India changes name and the problem with Indian textbooks - some countries are unfamiliar with Nazism
16. As a symbol of Nazism and its promotion, the Swastika is banned in Germany. More from Wikipedia
17. Hindus against European Union-wide ban on use of Swastika 2007
18. The Teenager who exposed Auschwitz
19. What tragedy took place against Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972? BBC story
20. How did Hitler rise to power? Quickly scan Part One and Part Two
    
    JEWISH LIFE IN GERMANY
    
21. How did Jewish people get to Germany, how long ago, history, contributions
22. My site on Jewish culture, holidays/religion and history in Germany - very extensive
23. 11/9 Dresden synagogue rises again BBC. City of Dresden website for new synagogue and its history
24. Synagogues in Germany and Austria archive and their Virtual Reconstruction (blocked at school)
25. Jewish History in Berlin and Jewish Life in Germany from the Goethe Institut
26. Aufbau Online: German-American Jewish newspaper