IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1435 

Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence of Kristallnacht, 

The Night of Broken Glass. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 

Mr. HODES (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BURTON

of Indiana, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. 

MALONEY of New York, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 

BERMAN, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. LEE, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

ELLISON, Mr. SIRES, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MILLER of North 

Carolina, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. FRANK

of Massachusetts, Mr. PENCE, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. MITCHELL) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the 1938 occurrence 

of Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass. 

Whereas November 9, 2008, through November 10, 2008, 

marks the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, The Night 

of Broken Glass; 

Whereas during Kristallnacht, hundreds of synagogues in 

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ple were killed because they were Jews, and thousands of 

others were arrested and sent to concentration camps; 

Whereas Kristallnacht was sanctioned by the Nazi state to 

foment anti-Semitism and terrorize Jewish citizens; 

Whereas the shattered panes of glass that littered sidewalks, 

most of it coming from the shop windows of Jewish 

stores, gave the pogrom its name, Kristallnacht or 

‘‘Night of Broken Glass’’; 

Whereas Kristallnacht marked the Nazis’ first centrally organized operation of large-scale, anti-Jewish violence; 

Whereas the lack of any serious diplomatic consequences 

from civilized nations led the Governments of Germany 

and Austria to believe that further atrocities would go 

unpunished; 

Whereas Kristallnacht served as a prelude to the Second 

World War, to the death of millions of innocent people, 

and to the mass murders and carnage on a scale never 

before seen in human history; 

Whereas the reign of the Nazi government marks one of the 

darkest periods in civilized history; and 

Whereas Kristallnacht should remind us all that evil must be 

confronted forcefully and the civilized world cannot watch 

idly while barbarism and mass murder are committed 

against innocent peoples: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the 70th anniversary of 

3 Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass; 

4 (2) pays tribute to the over 6,000,000 Jewish 

5 people who were killed during the Holocaust; and 


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1 (3) recommits the United States to continued 

2 vigilance against these kind of atrocities and urges 

3 the international community to fight against orga4 nized aggression directed at religious, ethnic, and 

5 other minority groups wherever it may occur. 

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