Rabbi Richter recounts the days leading up to Kristallnacht, describing the sense of impending dread following the assassination of a German diplomat in Paris. He then goes into the events of that night, how he survived and the few Christian clergy members who helped him.
Alfonse Heck describes how attending the Nuremberg Rally of 1938 and seeing Hitler in person energized his belief in the Nazi state. He reflects on what Kristallnacht meant to him at the time and the experience of seeing the last Jews in his village being deported on trains. He then describes his reaction at finding out about the scale of the genocide after the War.
Heck remembers seeing German Jews he knew personally in his small village being beaten and arrested on the streets before seeing the burnt and smashed synagogue. He then describes why he joined the Hitler Youth years before Kristallnacht and the total lack of opposition to the Nazis from adults.
Footage of still images from Germany during and after World War Two, with emphasis on damage from bombs to urban centers
Fred Grubel talks about how the rise of the Nazis changed his career in the German court system. He recounts the increasing violence and discrimination that Jews faced in Nazi Germany before describing Kristallnacht itself.
Grubel recalls the efforts he and other Jews made to flee Germany with the help of various Jewish community organizations like the Leo Baeck Institute and the Joint Distribution Center. He then describes in great detail the events of Kristallnacht.
Grubel was arrested on the morning after Kristallnacht along with other Jewish men in Leipzig before being shipped off to the Buchenwald concentration camp for five weeks. Afterward, he and his family successfully fled to New York by obtaining falsified documents.
Series of still images. Photos of antisemitic children's propaganda, official identifying markers from the Nazi state, a Nazi passport and newspaper articles from the late 1930s.
Series of still images of Jewish life under Nazi German rule as well as more children's antisemitic propaganda
Series of still images depicting soldiers during World War One, antisemitic graffiti, propaganda and rubble after World War Two.
Rabbi Karl Richter became a rabbi in 1935 and worked as a rabbi in the city of Mannheim during Kristallnacht. He describes his family life prior to the Nazi era in Weimar Germany before he moves on to the days leading up to and including the events of Kristallnacht.
Rabbi Richter remembers seeing Jewish men returning from imprisonment in Dachau after Kristallnacht and the ways in which efforts to emigrate increased significantly after 1938.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Dating from 1949 to 1996, the WNYC TV moving image collection includes mayoral press conferences, dignitaries visiting City Hall, and educational films about city government.
Moderated by Marty Goldensohn. Debate between three of the candidates for the 19th congressional district Democrat Eliot Engel, Conservative Robert Blumetti and Independent/Progressive Mike Zagarrell. They answer questions posed by Gail Collins from the Daily News, Maurice Carroll from New York Newsday and Janet Golovner from the League of Women Voters.
Moderated by Marty Goldensohn. Debate between candidates for the 29th senatorial district in Manhattan including the Democratic incumbent David Patterson, Republican Ernest Mabry and Conservative John Gatto. They answer questions posed by Ernest Tollerson from New York Newsday and Janet Golovner from the League of Women Voters.
Moderated by Marty Goldensohn. Democratic incumbent Frank Barbaro from the 47th assembly district answers questions from Marianne Arneberg from New York Newsday, Bob Capers from WABC-Radio and Barbara Dobkin from the League of Women Voters.
Moderated by Marlene Sanders. Debate between Democratic incumbent Pete Grannis, Republican Yvette Adams and Conservative Roberto Santiago running for the 65th assembly district. Questions are posed by Kathleen Maloney of WABC Radio, Frank Pizzuro from the Empire State Report and Elizabeth Hubbard from the League of Women Voters.
Moderated by Marlene Sanders. Republican incumbent Bill Green from the 15th congressional district answers questions posed by Maurice Carroll from New York Newsday, Elizabeth Hubbard from the League of Women Voters and Walt Wheeler of WCBS Radio.
