Jews saw thousands of their synagogues, shops and homes destroyed by Nazi mobs on the night of November 9, 1938. While the world was shocked, there were no strong reactions in the aftermath of the pogroms.
On the night of November 9, 1938, Jews were the victims of pogroms carried out in plain sight. Thousands of synagogues, shops and homes were destroyed. While the world was shocked, reactions weren't strong.
With the installation of Robert Kindler, a favourite of right-wing-radical professor Jörg Baberowski, a fundamental reorientation of the Institute for East European Studies is in train, away from studying the crimes of the Nazi regime and Polish-Jewish history.
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