Kristallnacht in Pictures (photos)
 The burning of the synagogue in Ober Ramstdt during Kristallnacht. The local fire department prevented the fire from spreading to a nearby home, but made no attempt to intervene in the synagogue fire. |  Jews arrested during Kristallnacht line up for roll call at the Buchenwald concentration camp. |
View of the interior of the Essenweinstrasse synagogue in Nuremberg following its destruction during Kristallnacht.
Germans view the damage caused to a Jewish-owned store in Berlin |
View of a destroyed synagogue in Inowroclaw, Poland in 1940. |
The Nazis forced the Jews to pay the costs of the pogroms and banned them from gainful economic activity. Insurance monies to cover the damages were confiscated, Jewish store and home owners had to repair their buildings at their own cost and an “atonement fee” of 1 billion Reichsmarks (about $400 million) was imposed on the community. This document, issued by the finance office in Friedrichshain, states that the tax assessment for Dr. Norbert Landecker is set at 4000 Reichsmarks and is to be paid in four installments.  |
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