Hitler: The Gathering Storm... (Part 16)
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Kristallnacht - The Holocaust and Its Effects
Around 30,000 male Jews are locked up and transported into Himmler's camps. The calculation here is that through terror you can get Jews out of Germany. When it's over, the Jewish community is presented with a bill of 1 billion Reichsmarks to clear up the mess. In 1989 when the Berlin Wall comes down, it too will fall on November 9th. But so poisoned is this date, also the anniversary of Hitler's Munich Puj, that the federal government will decline to make it a public holiday.
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