What were the causes of Kristallnact?

Answer 1

Kristallnacht, literally meaning the Night of Broken Glass, but is now known by the politically correct term, Reichspogromnacht, happened in the 2-day period of Nov. 9-10, 1938. It was ostensibly sparked by the assassination of the Third Secretary to the German embassy in Paris, Ernst vom Rath. Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels initiated a rampage of destruction which saw the burning of synagogues, the destruction of Jewish businesses,homes, and the manhandling of Jews. The Nazis used Kristallnacht as an opportunity to

proceed with the total exclusion of Jews from society and the removal of their remaining freedom,

while expulsion of Jews from Germany was accelerated. The causes of this event were

partly economic, but had a great deal to do with racial hatred and antisemitism on

the part of Hitler and the Nazis, whose goal was a racially pure German nation.

Answer 2

The immediate cause was Herschel Grynszpan's shooting of Ernst vom Rath, details of which can be found on Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_night

That act was used as an excuse by nazi officials to retalliate against Jewish shops, businesses, schools, synagogues and the like to underline their racist propaganda.

Underlying causes were racism and nationalism, antisemitism and active propaganda aimed against anything Jewish, as well as a desire to destroy the Jewish community, not only in all things material, but simply to kill Jews.

Answer 3

Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass((English)) occurred on November 9-10 in the year of 1938. This was only the first warning. The other warnings took extreme measures.