Several people stand on the street looking towards storefronts. Two women bend to sweep up broken glass, while a man stares up at a large broken window next door.
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Jewish-owned businesses damaged during Kristallnacht

During Kristallnacht, groups of Nazis vandalized storefronts of Jewish-owned businesses on Potsdamer Straße, a commercial street in central Berlin. These businesses were among the thousands of stores and homes damaged during the nationwide anti-Jewish riot. Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1938.


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