Kristallnacht

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Intel Visual Ranking Activity:

Project Description: Pre-Kristallnacht Events:
Kristallnacht (Nov. 9-10, 1938) was a crucial turning point in Germany regarding Nazi policy toward Jews. It may be considered as the beginning of what is now called the Holocaust. Hitler came into power in 1933 with a plan to expand Germany's rule and to annihilate the world's Jews. Events leading up to Kristallnacht were ripe with new laws which regulated Jewish life and persecuted Jews in Germany, quickly stripping them of their freedom.

Prompt: Why was there no widespread civil protest about the events of Kristallnacht? Rank the following events, which preceded Kristallnacht, from most important to least important as to their impact on setting the stage for Kristallnacht.

Aryanization of Jewish property
Boycott of Jewish shops
Burning of books
Enabling Act
Jewish passports marked with J
Name changes to Israel and Sarah
Nazi Party declared only legal party
Nuremberg Laws
Polish Jews deported from Germany

DVD: Kristallnacht: The Night of Shattered Glass: Remembering 70 Years Later (Beachwood, Ohio, c2008)