Kristallnacht survivor Walter Bingham speaks out about the increase in antisemitism today
Eighty-seven years after experiencing the devastation of Kristallnacht, Walter Bingham, a 101-year-old Holocaust survivor, expresses that the present world feels eerily reminiscent of Nazi Germany back in 1938. Bingham was just 14 when the Nazis and fellow Germans violently attacked Jewish businesses, homes, and places of worship. During this notorious night, known as Kristallnacht, the […]
Vandals Smash Char Bar’s Windows On 86th Anniversary Of Kristallnacht, Founder Says
A kosher restaurant in Washington, D.C., was vandalized late Saturday night on the anniversary of the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht, its founder said. Char Bar founder Michael Chelst told Talkline Communications radio host Zev Brenner that by 10 p.m., at least one person had thrown a brick at the restaurant's two street-facing impact windows. He said […]
Holocaust survivor calls Amsterdam attack ‘modern-day kristallnacht’
A vicious attack on Jews after a soccer match in Amsterdam “shocked” a New Yorker who fled the Dutch city as a child to escape the Holocaust. “It's like a modern-day Kristallnacht,” he said furiously. lower bearA native of Amsterdam, he was born three months before the infamous “Night of Broken Glass” on November 9, […]