Kristallnacht Resources

Articles of interest:

Kristallnacht
Source: Jewish Virtual Library

For additional information and documents, visit these resources at the Jewish Virtual Library:

• Description of the Riot at Dinslaken
• The Destruction of Synagogues on Kristallnacht
• Discussions by the Authorities Following Kristallnacht
• Heydrich’s Instructions For Kristallnacht
• Jewish Woman Complains of Money Stolen on Kristallnacht
• Kristallnacht
• Kristallnacht Order
• Photographs of Kristallnacht
• Reactions to Kristallnacht
• Report of the American Consul in Stuttgart to the State Department Regarding Crystal Night in Stuttgart

Video & Photographs of Kristallnacht

Video:

There are very few moving images of Kristallnacht available in the public domain; many films are controlled by institutions in Germany and elsewhere and are not available publicly.  Therefore, most of the images available are photographs.  However, see below for moving images that appear in the public domain:

Via YouTube:

Synagogue burning in Buehl, Germany via YadVashem.org

Photographs:

There are many Web sites that contain photographs of Kristallnacht; many of them are in the public domain and may be downloaded.  Among these collections (some images appear in more than one collection) are:

US Holocaust Memorial Museum Website; 22 photos with captions

Survivor and Witness Testimony About Kristallnacht:

To view the testimony of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses of Kristallnacht, visit these sites:

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

Surivors remember Kristallnacht video series

Voices on Antisemitism - Susan Warsinger, Holocaust survivor

USC Shoah Foundation video (formerly Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation)

Yad Vashem Kristallnacht memories

Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance online learning center

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Yad Vashem