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Threats against Jew housing are made
German authorities announce that residence permits for foreigners were being cancelled and would have to be renewed. -
Jews are ordered out of Germany
About 17,000 Polish Jews are ordered out of Germany -
Ernst vom Rath shot in Paris
Herschel Grynszpan shoots Ernst vom Rath at the French German embassy in retalliation for the mistreatment of his Jewish family during the expulsion. -
Joseph Goebbels calls for radical action
Vom Rath dies of his wounds and Joseph Goebbels calls for drastic action against the Jews in retaliation. -
Hitler's Commerative Dinner is interupted.
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. -
Riots
Riots begin just hours after news of vom Rath's death reaches the public. They carry on for two days. -
Reinhard Heydrich sends telegram regarding riots.
Officers are instructed not to stop rioters from destroying Jewish property. -
Goebbels calls violence to a halt
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Jewish Community in fined
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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