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German authorities announce that residence permits for foreigners were being cancelled and would have to be renewed.
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About 17,000 Polish Jews are ordered out of Germany
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Herschel Grynszpan shoots Ernst vom Rath at the French German embassy in retalliation for the mistreatment of his Jewish family during the expulsion.
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Vom Rath dies of his wounds and Joseph Goebbels calls for drastic action against the Jews in retaliation.
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Hitler is interupted while commemorating the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. He leaves without making an address. Joseph Goebbels states that the Nazi party itself should take no action, but civilian riots shouldn't be stopped.
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Riots begin just hours after news of vom Rath's death reaches the public. They carry on for two days.
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Officers are instructed not to stop rioters from destroying Jewish property.
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Because the Nazis blamed the Jews for all the destruction incurred during the riots, they fined the Jews 1 billion marks. Jews were also forced into several humiliating acts, such as scrubbiing the sidewalks while other non-Jew citizens, some formerly neighbors, watched.
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