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Look up: Kristallnacht

  1. Kristallnacht
    Night of 9-10 November 1938 when the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA) militia in Germany and Austria mounted a concerted attack on Jews, their synagogues, homes, and shops. It followed the assassination...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  2. Kristallnacht
    the night of November 9–10, 1938, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The name Kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/52

  3. Kristallnacht
    Kristallnacht (kris"täl-näkht) [Ger.,=night of crystal], in German history, the night of Nov. 9, 1938, a night of violence against Jews and of destruction of the businesses and other property belonging to them. The name is a reference to the broken glass that resulted from the destruct...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  4. Kristallnacht
    Night of 9–10 November 1938 when the Nazi Sturmabteilung (SA) militia in Germany and Austria mounted a concerted attack on Jews, their synagogues, homes, and shops. It followed the assassination of a German embassy official in Paris by a Polish-Jewish youth. Subsequent measures included German legislation against Jews owning businesses or ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  5. kristallnacht
    Refers to the night in 1938 when Nazi mobs ran riot in what was a co-ordinated act of terror against the resident Jewish populations of many Jewish cities in Germany. The word, which means literally 'crystal night', refers to the smashing of windows.
    Found on http://www.movinghere.org.uk/help/glossa

  6. Kristallnacht
    (album) `Kristallnacht` is an album by John Zorn that is based on the events before, during, and following the infamous Night of Broken Glass. Zorn first released the album in 1993 on the Japanese Eva label and subsequently in 1995 on his own Tzadik Records label. <blockquote> Itââ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnac

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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