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(107,800 posts) Sun Nov 9, 2025, 01:22 AM Sunday

Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism [View all]

Source: AP

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Updated 11:10 PM CST, November 8, 2025

JERUSALEM (AP) — Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass.”

Bingham is among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors marking the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht Sunday, at a time when antisemitism is on the rise, especially in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

The Nov. 9, 1938, attack was a stark turning point in the escalating persecution that led to the killing of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis and their supporters during the Holocaust.

The recent attacks against Jewish symbols across the world, including synagogues in Australia and Israeli sports teams in Europe, among others, worry the survivors.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-holocaust-germany-kristallnacht-anniversary-survivors-nazis-8c9727af30c8cef04759960ad15a1779

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Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism [View all] Omaha Steve Sunday OP

We have to be reminded, don't we? Aussie105 Sunday #1

First- are you suggesting the Nazi atrocities should be forgotten? sarisataka Sunday #2

Feel better now? JoseBalow Sunday #5

Yes! wolfie001 Sunday #6

Yeah, because shitting on a Kristallnacht anniversary post is definitely "NOT antisemitism." SunSeeker Sunday #11

I guess they think that BN was somehow behind it? Lancero Sunday #14

SunSeeker is right Hieronymus Phact Sunday #15

I did think of that repercussion wolfie001 Sunday #36

Some certainly do! Behind the Aegis Sunday #13

This post is so fkd up JI7 Sunday #18

"Dachau. Why does it still stand? Why do we keep it standing?" sarisataka Sunday #3

always remember Skittles Sunday #4

Always remember. Aussie105 Sunday #26

did I say they did? Skittles Sunday #27

Ironically, "Nuremberg" opened this weekend. COL Mustard Sunday #7

Kristallnacht must have been the sudden realization of German Jews..... 70sEraVet Sunday #8

A horrible, hateful, evil, cruel, disgusting, dehumanizing event that stains human history. So what do we human do? Exp Sunday #9

So should Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Georgia and England remove the CROSS from their flag? SunSeeker Sunday #10

Exactly! So it's NOT about religion! IT IS ABOUT POLICIES! It's wrong to keep playing the victim when the victim is the Exp Sunday #16

If it's not about religion, why say the Star of David should go? What "policy" is that? SunSeeker Sunday #19

Because it's now an oppressive symbol. See text:: Exp Sunday #20

The Star of David is not synonymous with fascism. To argue otherwise is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #22

Source: Exp Sunday #25

I don't care what "source" you found that insane quote in. Equating the Star of David with fascism is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #29

No, Mondoweiss is not a legitimate news source. lapucelle Sunday #30

Antisemitism today is not sarisataka Sunday #12

How can we forget, we are reminded of it daily, replicated. twodogsbarking Sunday #17

Well, considering the rise in Anti-semitism "thanks to" drumphf, and Miller... electric_blue68 Sunday #21

Holy F refers to people who have no problem forgetting. Hard for me to believe. twodogsbarking Sunday #23

Oh! Well, then My Apologies!! I obviously didn't follow your posts correctly! electric_blue68 Sunday #24

I am not always clear especially when I get pissed because people refuse to believe what happened then. twodogsbarking Monday #37

I can understand that. Thank you for your very kind words. electric_blue68 Monday #38

When I was in my 20s I worked with older people who either served in WW2 or twodogsbarking Monday #39

It was such a traumatic expetience. Some soldiers never talked about it, some did. electric_blue68 Monday #40

There is a lot to unpack in the whole situation. Aussie105 Sunday #28

There is no "situation to unpack" on this thread. The OP is in commemoration of the 87th anniversary of Kristallnach lapucelle Sunday #31

What is there to unpack sarisataka Sunday #32

Unless, of course, you want to unpack this... lapucelle Sunday #33

No one is sneering at anything. Aussie105 Sunday #34

Ah, so the unpacking begins when someone works out why they are dismissive of Holocaust commemorations lapucelle Sunday #35