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In this lesson, you analyze the value and importance of studying the Holocaust, examine primary and secondary source materials, and learn about  the Kristallnacht Pogrom that took place in Germany and Austria in November 1938.

For general information about the Holocaust, click here.

For more information about the Kristallnacht Pogrom, click here.

A Report by the German Ambassador in Washington on Reactions to Kristallnacht in the United States
A Police Report referring to the Events on Kristallnacht in Bebra, November 1938
Nazi Regulation for the Elimination of the Jews From the Economic Life of Germany, November 12, 1938

From a Letter by Emmanuel Ringelblum, a Polish Jewish Historian, on the Refugees in Zbaszyn, Poland
December, 1938, Letter Describing the Deportation to Zbaszyn, Poland

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