Gerald Liebenau: Memories of Kristallnacht

First Person Podcast by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

May 26, 2009Society & Culture

In today’s episode Gerald Liebenau discusses his memories of Kristallnacht, also known as the “Night of Broken Glass.” On November 9-10, 1938, a wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms erupted around Germany, leaving Jewish...

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