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Anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. The way a steady diet of lies can and cruelty can corrode our capacity for solidarity. My reflections from last year. 👇
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Nov 9 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom, when Nazi storm troopers across Germany unleashed a coordinated assault on the Jewish community. 179 synagogues burned; 7500 Jewish-owned shops destroyed; 20k Jews taken into “protective custody.” Protests in Germany and abroad were muted.
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I know a fellow who was a little Jewish boy in Germany who went through Kristalnacht, John Rosenberg, a Legal Aid leader and lawyer who lives in Prestonsberg, Kentucky.
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