'Never again is now'

GERMANY KRISTALLNACHT ANNIVERSARY

epa10967122 The slogan 'Never again is now' is projected onto the Brandenburg Gate on the 85th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass in Berlin, Germany, 09 November 2023. The Kristallnacht, also known as Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against the Jewish community that took place on the night from the 09 to the 10 of November 1938. On this night, members of the Sturmabteilung SA and Schutzstaffel SS, paramilitary forces of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, attacked, ransacked and burnt Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues throughout Austria and Germany. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE Source: EPA / HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/EPA/AAP Image

Dr Peter Kraus is a child survivor of the Holocaust who migrated to Australia with his parents and brother in 1948. He tells Katharina Loesche about his family’s experiences under Nazi oppression during the war.


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