Kristallnacht

Cantor brings Jewish music lost in Kristallnacht back to Germany - interview

Assaf Levitin told The Jerusalem Post that his work is intended to be comprehensive. "I do not want to only bring one or two pieces back in the repertoire and say 'never again.'"

Assaf Levitin (right) with Amnon Seelig (left).
A police car is parked behind a yellow tape near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 22, 2025. (illustrative)

Maryland man pleads guilty for mailing violent antisemitic threats to 25 Jewish sites

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 25, 2025.

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects request by Norway's Jonas Støre to visit Israel

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog lambasts the Assembly after the adoption of Resolution 2279, stating that "Zionism is a form of racism," November 10, 1975.

50 years since UN resolution, the world proves anti-Zionism is actually racism - opinion


Second generation Holocaust survivors speak about 'Kristallnacht'

The story of the Hale Family, by Kevin Hale.

 In the photo left Franz Lewin, later Frank Lewin 1925 Breslau - 2008 Princeton.  Lisebeth Tockuss Lewin 1897 Breslau - 1969 New York; Max Lewin 1892 Guttentag (Dobrodzien) - 1973 New York. Ilse Lewin Irène Hale 1929 Breslau - 2006 Long Island.

Arnold Schwarzenegger ties January 6 insurrection to rise of Nazism

The Terminator star compared the two events, arguing that both their occurrences are a result of people being told lies about political elections.

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris, France

Project to rebuild Hamburg shul opposed by Jews for hiding Nazi past

The municipality of Hamburg, following objections from the local Jewish community, allegedly demanded the community pay for demolishing the remains of the synagogue.

The Port of Hamburg, Germany

Angela Merkel participates in historic Torah scroll writing ceremony

The 18th century Sulzbacher Torah, which survived the National Socialist Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938 and lay unnoticed for decades in a cabinet in a synagogue in Amberg, Bavaria, was brought back

The Torah scroll found in a wooden shack in the Lodz Ghetto.

Right-wing pundit Glenn Beck compares social media bans to the Holocaust

“This is like the Germans with the Jews behind the wall. They would put them in the ghetto. Well, this is the digital ghetto. You can talk all you want, Jews. You do whatever you want behind the wall

A 3D-printed Twitter logo is seen through broken glass

Steve King, Jeanine Pirro compare crackdown on far Right to Kristallnacht

Amazon, Apple and Google have all decided to ban the social media app Parler, which is popular among the far-right, from their platforms.

Republican Rep. Steve King (R-IA) speaks during a town hall in Primghar, Iowa, U.S., January 26, 2019.

Israel demands Amanpour apologize for comparing Kristallnacht and Trump

On November 13 CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour compared Kristallnacht to President Trump's term.

Christiane Amanpour poses on the red carpet at the 2019 Variety's Power of Women event in New York, US, April 5, 2019.

May his light shine on forever

On Kristallnacht, many synagogues were destroyed, thousands of shops and large department stores owned by Jews were looted and burned down, hundreds of Jews were murdered, and thousands arrested.

Frankfurt am Main Synagogue burning during Kristallnacht

Christiane Amanpour, Jeremy Corbyn's ill-deserved reprieves – opinion

Unless that culture is rejected as a whole, its hateful messages and phony “regrets” will continue to feed the airways and fill the halls of power.

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn reacts after the General Election results of the Islington North constituency were announced

CNN’s Amanpour apologizes for comparing Trump-era to Kristallnacht

“I should not have juxtaposed the two thoughts. Hitler and his evils stand alone, of course, in history,” she said. “I regret any pain my statement may have caused.”

Christiane Amanpour