Kristallnacht+and+WW2

Known as the **//"Night of Broken Glass"//**, Kristallnacht was a series of coordinated riots and attacks throughout Jewish property in Nazi Germany and parts of Austria (synagogues, buildings, business', homes). On November 9-10, 1938 Sturmabteilung(SA) storm troopers and civilians led attacks upon Jewish property. It all started with the assassination of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by a man named Herschel Grynszpan. Vom Rath died on November 9, and once Hitler heard about the assassination, he immediately left his meeting without address. A propaganda minister named Joseph Goebbels delivered Hitlers speech for him, stating: "The Fuhrer has decided that... demonstrations should not be prepared or organized by the party, but insofar as they erupt spontaneously, they are not to be hampered." Goebbels needed to prove himself to Hitler. At 1:20 a.m. November 10, 1938 an urgent and secret telegram was sent to the state police and the Sturmabteilung. It talked about the riots that were going on, and it included guidelines and orders for the protection of foreigners and non- Jewish property and people. The guidelines made it so that the police and the SA storm troopers were not to interfere with the riots unless the guidelines were broken. At the end, police seized Jewish belongings from their property and were instructed to arrest "healthy male Jews, who are not too old," at that, 30,000 or more Jews were arrested and put into concentration camps, 91 were killed and over 1,000 synagogues were burned down.
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2012-01-10_at_1.26.53_PM.png width="200" height="131" align="right"]]What is Kristallnacht?**
 * What happened?**

Kristallnacht is a good example of what could happen in the future if we cannot or will not, help genocide from happening in other countries. To be precise, is the United States doing anything to help the situation of the Lord's Resistance Army led by Joseph Kony? To answer that question, yes, we have done things to help the Ugandan troops fight against Joseph Kony and his followers. The Lord's Resistance Army spread from Uganda to South Sudan, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa. Joseph Kony turns young girls into sex slaves and boys into fighting soldiers. The United States has deployed (ordered by President Barack Obama), 100 troops to help fight, and have provided aid to Ugandan troops, such as: fuel trucks, satellite phones, and night vision goggles. The United States is helping out with the war in Africa, but have they improved? Kristallnacht wasn't helped by the United States, maybe there was lack of communication by others, distress calls, etc.
 * Why is it important today?**

Annotated Bibliography:

"Kristallnacht." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. Jan. 2012. .

//I think this website was somewhat credible. Everyone can change it, so you never know how accurate the information is. To me, it was very helpful, and when I researched more sources, the facts came to match up. I like to use wikipedia, but there is that doubt on the facts that are written.//

Gettleman, Jeffrey. "Joseph Kony News - The New York Times." //Times Topics - The New York Times//. 14 Oct. 2011. Web. Jan. 2012. .

//The first thing I noticed on google was that this was a newspaper article. I thought that those are very reliable sources and so I opened it up and the facts seemed correct. I really liked this website the best because it explained what the United States was doing to support the Ugandan's in their fight. It was very factual.//

"Lord's Resistance Army." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 13 Jan. 2012 .

//Another wikipedia! I got this information because I wanted to build my knowledge of the Lord's Resistance Army, and I needed to know more about Joseph Kony. This source was reliable to an extent, but I still feel like the newspaper article was better. It was clear, but some of the facts seemed doubtful.//