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Kris_n t1_ivuljs8 wrote

It makes sense she remembered how this was the end of jewish existence in Germany, and how cruel it actually was.

As Britannica mentions:

>This name symbolized the final shattering of Jewish existence in Germany. After Kristallnacht, the Nazi regime made Jewish survival in Germany impossible.

So its clear that the name Kristallnacht for years has been a haunting memory for everyone who experienced it, and want to use a more reasonable name that shows what it really was - a government pogrom against the jewish community.

I can’t even comprehend what she and her family went through, but that reaction shows it still hurts.

Btw: im sad to hear about the part of your family that stayed behind. Have they ever told anything about them? Their names, their professions or anything about them at all?

It’s so sad to see that families got shattered or completely destroyed. I mean, just look at Anne Franks family. A whole family killed except for the father.

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Royal_Bumblebee_ t1_ivukib0 wrote

it is a little known aspect of ww2 in britain that many people of italian/german...etc heritage were arrested and detained during the war.

it was called defense regulation 18B

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Regulation_18B

I incidentally found out that Darby Sabini was detained under this law. For anyone who is a fan of the TV show Peaky Blinders, he was the Italian mobster character from the first season.

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