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Still photographs of Jewish families, synagogues and book burnings in Nazi Germany.

Peter Gay describes his life as a Jewish student in Nazi Germany and how his family came to flee to America after Kristallnacht.

Gay talks about how things changed for his family in Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht, forging documents in order to flee earlier.

Still photos of life in Nazi Germany, including parties, portraits, sitting rooms, synagogues and Jewish families.

Helger describes her family living in Germany under the Nazi regime, her parents involved in the garment industry. She recounts anecdotes about her life as a young Jewish girl in Nazi Germany and the lead up to Kristallnacht.

Helger Franks outlines her family's efforts to leave Nazi Germany permanently and the various options they considered to escape. She also describes the basic subsistence living she and her mother endured during the War before they were arrested.

Helger Franks expresses why it matters so much to her to share her personal story about Kristallnacht and the persecution of Jews under Nazi Germany

Starting in 1938, Miriam Cohn recalls the days leading up to Kristallnacht as well as the events of that night itself. She describes in great detail the burning of her father's synagogue and how they escaped from their neighbors who had come to attack them.

Cohn explains that life for German Jews changed entirely after Kristallnacht, everyone finally accepting that leaving was the only option left to them. She describes the obstacles German Jews faced in leaving Germany at the time and the way her family dealt with becoming refugees.

Rabbi Fulda recounts how his father understood Hitler's ambitions since before the Nazis took power and determined to leave the country the night Hitler took power, but they were turned back at the French border and were then black listed by the government. He then recalls the events of Kristallnacht and its aftermath.

Rabbi Fulda and his family fled using forged documents once his father was freed from Buchenwald and the long journey it took for him to get home and eventually out of the country.

Rabbi Fulda retells a story about his father protecting a fellow concentration camp prisoner that he only learned about after his father's death.

Monfred Berger talks about his family life in Germany under Nazi rule before he describes the events of Kristallnacht. His father owned a tobacco store in Breslau which was attacked by SS troops along with every Jewish owned business on the block.

Berger discusses fleeing Nazi Germany for Cuba and then ultimately the United States in 1940 without knowing English. His parents became farmers in New Jersey after attending a training course set up by a Jewish agency. Two photos at the end show the tobacco store Monfred's father owned.

Excerpt from Kristallnacht: More than Broken Glass

Grynszpan describes the weeks leading up to Kristallancht, the events of the night and its aftermath, including fleeing with his family to the Polish border.

Norbert Wohlheim remembers his reaction to seeing the looted and burnt synagogues, businesses and homes in the morning after Kristallnacht.

Alfonse Heck recalls that the local police in his village were warned about Kristallnacht ahead of time and told to stand down.

Wohlheim describes the rights of Jews in Germany before the Nazis took power and the important parts of German life and culture German Jews contributed to. He then describes the growing power of Hitler on the world stage, setting the stage for Kristallnacht.

Wohlheim talks about walking through Berlin on the morning after Kristallnacht and seeing multiple synagogues had been burnt down.

Interview with Wohlheim who helped refugees from Nazi rule escape to the United States as part of the so called 'Kindertransport' before he was caught by the Nazis and held in Auschwitz