Night of Broken Glass

On the night of November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass”) in which violence against Jews broke out across Germany. German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis had planned and organised the pogroms. In just two days, more than 250 synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses, schools and homes were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed. After this many committed suicide while families tried desperately to leave.

100 years ago

On 26 October 1916 Hermann Fechenbach left for the front and joined the 413th regiment in the German Army (WWI).

Rosa Fechenbach born on this day

Rosa Fechenbach, born 24th October 1910 in Mergentheim, was deaf and dumb. She died in a concentration camp.

May 1945 Goebbles Murders Entire Family

1st of May 1945, Joseph Goebbles the German Propaganda Minister, murders his wife and six children before taking his own life on the same day as Berlin surrenders to the Soviet legions and the Western Allies.

"Propaganda Machine" by Hermann Fechenbach

Boycott April 1933

April 1, 1933: Boycott of Jewish-owned shops and businesses in Germany.