Original: Kristallnacht , also to referred to as the Night of Broken Glass , and also Reichskristallnacht , Pogromnacht , and Novemberpogrome , was a pogrom or series of attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on November 9 -- 10 , 1938 .
Simplified: The Kristallnacht ( also called Reichskristallnacht , Reichspogromnacht ) was a two day pogrom that happened against Jews in Nazi Germany and parts of Austria . It was between November 9 and November 10 , 1938 .