Photographs of the Holocaust:
Kristallnacht

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  • Synagogue in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Erected in 1698, rebuilt in 1893 and destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Destruction of Jewish store, Berlin
  • Burning synagogue in Baden-Baden
  • Burning synagogue in Frankfurt
  • Hebrew prayerbooks damaged by fire at the synagogue in Bobenhausen
  • Elsdorf Synagogue Before Being Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Interior of Essenweinstrasse synagogue in Nuremberg following destruction on Kristallnacht.
  • View of the destroyed interior of the Hechingen synagogue the day after Kristallnacht
  • Damaged lintel above ark from synagogue in Nentershausen, Germany
  • Roll call at Buchenwald Concentration camp for new prisoners arrested during Kristallnacht
  • Shattered storefront of a Jewish-owned shop destroyed during Kristallnacht. Berlin, Germany
  • Synagogue in Aachen Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Synagogue in Aachen Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Synagogue in Aachen Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Synagogue in Aachen Destroyed on Kristallnacht
  • Burning synagogue in Memel on Kristallnacht
  • As the synagogue in Ober-Ramstadt burns during Kristallnacht, local firefighters instead save a nearby house.
  • Residents watch as flames consume the synagogue in Opava
  • Tax documents, like this one, were issued by the Nazis to force Jews to pay for the costs of Kristallnacht
  • The Zerrenerstrasse synagogue in Pforzheim, Germany, dedicated in 1892

Individual Photos: Aschaffenburg Synagogue [1] | Berlin Store [2] | Baden-Baden Synagogue [3] | Frankfurt Synagogue [4]
Bobenhausen Prayer Books [5] | Elsdorf Synagogue [6] | Essenweinstrasse Synagogue [7] | Hechingen Synagogue [8] | Nentershausen Synagogue Ark [9] | Buchenwald Roll-Call [10] | Berlin Storefront [11] | Aachen Synagogue [12] | Aachen Synagogue 2 [13] | Aachen Synagogue 3 [14] | Aachen Synagogue 4 [15] | Memel Synagogue [16] | Ober-Ramstadt Synagogue [17] | Opava Synagogue [18] | Tax Document [19] | Zerrenerstrasse synagogue [20]

Sources: Images courtesy and copyright of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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