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Ernst Marcus on November 9th, 1938: ‘The Winter Sky Over Berlin was Blood-Red’
berlinspectator.com ^ | Nov 9, 2020 | Imanuel Marcus

Posted on 11/09/2020 12:52:14 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Ernst Marcus, a Berlin lawyer, woke up in his apartment in the German capital’s Grunewald district eighty-two years ago. What he saw was unbelievable.

Berlin, November 9th, 2019, updated November 9th 2020 (The Berlin Spectator) — “All of a sudden, the winter sky over Berlin was blood-red”, Dr. jur. Ernst Marcus wrote. His account of the events during the Night of Broken Glass, written in German, is part of the archive at Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Israel.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ernstmarcus; kristallnacht
Note: Ernst Marcus (1900-1973) was the author’s grandfather.
1 posted on 11/09/2020 12:52:14 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Kristallnacht
2 posted on 11/09/2020 12:53:57 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Schicksalstag
3 posted on 11/09/2020 12:55:19 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Some say The Holocaust began on the night of November 9, 1938.

It really began the moment Adolf Hitler opened his mouth and the German people shut theirs.


4 posted on 11/09/2020 1:24:47 AM PST by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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Nice turn of phrase, bravo!


5 posted on 11/09/2020 2:16:57 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: jmacusa

So true!


6 posted on 11/09/2020 3:30:23 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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