Kristallnacht - 70 Years Later BERLIN (Associated Press) -


Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand together against racism and anti-Semitism as the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom known as "Kristallnacht" or "Night of Broken Glass."

A memorial concert and other events are being held to mark the anniversary of the Nazi-incited riots that killed more than 91 Jews and damaged some 1,000 synagogues.

The chancellor is taking part in an official ceremony later Sunday along with Charlotte Knobloch, the director of the Central Council of German Jews.

Merkel has stressed that it is not enough to remember the events of Nov. 9, 1938 through memorials and ceremonies, but "we must always think how it was that it could come to this singular event, the Holocaust."
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