As the synagogue in Oberramstadt burns during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"), firefighters instead save a nearby house. [LCID: 04467]
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Synagogue in Oberramstadt burns during Kristallnacht

As the synagogue in Oberramstadt burns during Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass"), firefighters instead save a nearby house. Local residents watch as the synagogue is destroyed. Oberramstadt, Germany, November 9-10, 1938.

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synagogues Kristallnacht pogroms Germany
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Trudy Isenberg

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