About this title: From a distinguished historian comes an illuminating account of the infamous Nazi program--Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass--that triggered the Holocaust.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060570835ISBN:0060570830
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 314 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very light wear, all is clean & bright. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 5/29/2007
ISBN-13:9780061121357ISBN:0061121355
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 5/29/2007
ISBN-13:9780061121357ISBN:0061121355
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: c2006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN-13:9780061121357ISBN:0061121355
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Edition: First edition. 1st US ed., 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060570835ISBN:0060570830
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Clean, tight, no names or marks. Dustjacket is Near Fine with minor shelfwear at bottom of spine. 314 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Edition: First Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060570835ISBN:0060570830
Description: Fine/Fine. 0060570830 Bound in black boards with black clot spine. Clean and tight, no markings. First printing. Illustrated with b/w photos. Jacket is not price-clipped314pp including index. read more
"Martin Gilbert collects and relates first hand experiences of Kristallnacht. At times, the book feels like a loosely connected series of mini-narratives, but it is so engrossing that this fact doesn't distance the reader. It should be noted that if Gilbert's footnotes are any indication some of the accounts came from letters that Gilbert recieved (most likely after solicting) from witnesses.
In addition to the first hand accounts, Gilbert goes into great deapth about the international reaction to Kristallnancht. At times the stories are despairly, others hopeful, and at least one, concerning the city of New York will promote a smile.
What comes across is the feeling of horror and helpless, of even anger on behalf of those mentioned in the book. Equally impactive are the maps in the back which show where the destruction took place. In many ways, these speak more than the actual narrative."
"I thought Kristallnacht, Nov 1938, was just a couple of blocks in Berlin where windows were broken. On the contrary, this book describes how more than 1000 synagogues throughout Germany and Austria were destroyed and burned, thousands of shops trashed in many cities simultaneously, and officially 91 Jews murdered, assuredly more. Groups of Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Homes were broken into and residents beaten up. This book includes eyewitness accounts from people there at the time. Amazing. Opened my eyes. And it was all in retaliation for one Jewish man killing one German official."
"This was very readable history. Gilbert has compiled the stories of witnesses of Kristallnacht and then followed the fate of the German and Austrian Jews to the end of the war. He highlights the many doors that were slammed in their faces as they tried to leave Germany/Austria as well as the heroic actions of the few who stood up and did what they could to help."
"This guy is a serious nerd :) I found myself engrossed, even though the text double backs on itself many times. This is a huge compilation of first hand accounts of the Kristalnacht. It deals with the emigration, the orphans, and, of course, the destruction of that night in particular. I learned so much, and found myself horrified. Even the moments where he talks about the heroes who tried to help escaping Jews, I was horrified that they were so alone in their efforts and often penalized for acting out of basic human morality."
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