That’s not correct. The expression refers to the shards of broken glass after the Nazis destroyed the windows of Jewish stores and homes; among many other atrocities, like killing over a hundred Jewish people.
Which is why we don’t use the expression any more and refer to these events as the November pogroms instead, because that better conveys the scope.
That’s not correct. The expression refers to the shards of broken glass after the Nazis destroyed the windows of Jewish stores and homes; among many other atrocities, like killing over a hundred Jewish people.
Which is why we don’t use the expression any more and refer to these events as the November pogroms instead, because that better conveys the scope.