137K views · 5K reactions | On this day in 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom marked a turning point in Nazi persecution of Jews, as state-led antisemitic violence escalated across Germany and Austria. | Holocaust Educational Trust (UK) | Facebook

Explore the personal stories of Jews who endured Kristallnacht, 9-10 November 1938. "Until 1938 my parents never thought of leaving Germany. There's no way the Germans we live with will continue to do these things. It's only an episode... I remember my mother standing pale and crying… I remember her phoning her gentile friends – she had more gentile friends than Jewish friends – No answer. No one answered her." - Prof. Zvi Bacharach from his personal testimony about Kristallnacht. Yad Vashem's o