Nearly 90 years after a German officer defied Nazis on Kristallnacht, police pledge to protect Jews
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Over 1,400 synagogues were burned and ransacked, including Germany’s then-largest Neue Synagogue in Berlin. Because of one police officer’s moral conviction, this historic synagogue was saved.
The state-sponsored antisemitic violence of Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) on November 9-10, 1938, was a cataclysmic turning point in history.Over 1,400 synagogues were burned and ransacked, including Germany's then-largest Neue Synagogue in Berlin. Because of one police officer's moral conviction, this historic synagogue was saved.Wilhelm Krutzfeld, the commander of Berlin's Police Precinct 16, and his fellow officers chased away the attackers, and the fire was extinguished in time, preserving this landmark place of worship.
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