German Nazis launched a campaign of terror against Jewish people, their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria on #ThisDayInHistory in 1938. Nazi mobs, SS troops and ordinary citizens torched and vandalized synagogues, destroyed, if not completely destroyed, thousands of Jewish homes, schools, business, hospitals and cemeteries. Kristallnacht marked a turning point toward more violence and repressive treatment of Jews by the Nazis. By the end of 1938, Jews were prohibited from school and mo