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Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

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Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) In-Person

Please join us for this year’s Kristallnacht, co-sponsored by the Department of History and the University Libraries. This year is the 85th Anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre in the ravine outside of Kyiv, Ukraine in 1941.  This was the largest mass murder of what was called the "Holocaust by Bullets."  33,771 Jewish men, women and children were shot to death there on the two days before Judaism's holiest day, Yom Kippur 1941.

Date:
Monday, November 9, 2026
Time:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Time Zone:
Central Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
IC Fourth Floor
Campus:
Lake Shore

Registration is required. There are 149 seats available.

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Jocelyn Cheng