Kristallnacht

November 9, 1938 - Liselotte Weil, seventeen years old and living in Neuwied, Germany, receives a summons to the U. S. consulate to pick up her visa.

November 9-10, 1938 - Kristallnacht (Pogrom Night) devastates Jewish communities in Germany and newly annexed Austria and Sudetenland.

The Times-Picayune, November 10, 1938 - GERMAN EMBASSY OFFICER SHOT BY JEW SUCCUMBS, ‘Felt I Had to Do Something to Show Our Despair,’ Says Killer, (AP) p. 6 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 10, 1938 - Editorial, Appeasement Headache, p. 8 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 11, 1938 - KILLINGS CLIMAX RIOTING BY NAZIS, TORCHES PLACED TO SYNAGOGUES, 22 Semites Commit Suicide, (The Times-Picayune Foreign Service) p. 1 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 11, 1938 - KILLINGS CLIMAX RIOTING BY NAZIS, TORCHES PLACED TO SYNAGOGUES, 22 Semites Commit Suicide, (The Times-Picayune Foreign Service) p. 1 (column) Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 12, 1938 - GERMAN POLICE IN SECRET RAIDS REMOVING JEWS, Reich Reported Planning Return of ghetto in Anti-Semitic Wave, (AP) p. 3 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 12, 1938 - NAZIS’ ATTACKS ON JEWS RECALL RED TERROR, Hungry Mobs Storm Food, Other Stores in Anti-Semitic Outbreak, (The Times Picayune Foreign Service) p. 3 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 12, 1938 - Editorial, Pogrom, New Style, p. 10 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 13, 1938 - U. S. AROUSED OVER NAZIS’ CRUSHING OF JEWS, Diplomatic Break Among Suggestions Condemning Reich, (AP) p. 1 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 13, 1938 - U. S. AROUSED OVER NAZIS’ CRUSHING OF JEWS, Diplomatic Break Among Suggestions Condemning Reich, (AP) p. 1 (column) Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 13, 1938 - ASSASSIN OF NAZI AID WEEPS OVER PENALTY TO JEWS, (AP) p. 3 Image description
The Times-Picayune, November 13, 1938 - OPEN HOLY LAND HELD SOLUTION OF JEWISH PROBLEM, Speaker Here Would Let 2,500,000 Enter Palestine, p. 8