Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) 86 years ago: a photographic essay

 Kristallnacht:  On November 9–10, 1938, Nazi leaders unleashed a series of pogroms against the Jewish population in Germany and recently incorporated territories. This event came to be called Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass) because of the shattered glass that littered the streets after the vandalism and destruction of Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues, and homes.

The Neue Weltgasse synagogue burns during the Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom. Vienna, Austria, November 9, 1938. Vienna Austria.

The Shoes on the Danube Promenade - Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center |
They are a memorial and a monument to the Hungarian Jews who, in the winter of 1944-1945, were shot on the banks of the Danube River, (Plaque is a L'Heureux photo (c)). 

Desecraation of Jewish headstones in Berlin

Following Kristallnacht, Pope Pius XI publicly condemned the pogrom, joining Western leaders in criticizing the Nazi violence against Jews that occurred during the night of broken glass; however, while the Church did express disapproval through pastoral letters, they did not launch a large-scale organized resistance against the Nazi regime at the time.