meaning of war?

werauchimmer · 11-10-05, 04:44 AM

Okay, if you want it detailed:
In official Propaganda of the time it was called
"Judenaktion" (action against Jews), "Novemberaktion" (Only indicating the timeframe), "Vergeltungsaktion" (indicating revenge), "Sonderaktion" (Special action) or "Protest-Kundgebungen" (sounding so harmless as demonstration.

After the end of the regime there was a variety of names:
"Tag der Scherbe", "Reichsscherbenwoche", "Judennacht", "Pogromnacht", "Novemberpogrom", "Synagogensturm", "Synagogenbrand", "Novembernacht", "SynagogenstÃ¼rmernacht".

The East germans had another name:
"faschistische Pogromnacht".

"Kristallnacht" and "Reichskristallnacht" were the standard terms used in West-germany and amongst historians internationally until 1989. After the unification it was changed to "Reichsprogromnacht" because the original term "Reichskristallnacht" had lost its meaning (FYI: It was a term used on the streets of Berlin for the first time, and it was actually kinda critic of the regime. For someone reading it today it does sound the opposite, so the PC term today is (Reichs-)Pogromnacht.

11-10-05, 04:44 AM	#15
werauchimmer Seaman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Okay, if you want it detailed: In official Propaganda of the time it was called "Judenaktion" (action against Jews), "Novemberaktion" (Only indicating the timeframe), "Vergeltungsaktion" (indicating revenge), "Sonderaktion" (Special action) or "Protest-Kundgebungen" (sounding so harmless as demonstration. After the end of the regime there was a variety of names: "Tag der Scherbe", "Reichsscherbenwoche", "Judennacht", "Pogromnacht", "Novemberpogrom", "Synagogensturm", "Synagogenbrand", "Novembernacht", "SynagogenstÃ¼rmernacht". The East germans had another name: "faschistische Pogromnacht". "Kristallnacht" and "Reichskristallnacht" were the standard terms used in West-germany and amongst historians internationally until 1989. After the unification it was changed to "Reichsprogromnacht" because the original term "Reichskristallnacht" had lost its meaning (FYI: It was a term used on the streets of Berlin for the first time, and it was actually kinda critic of the regime. For someone reading it today it does sound the opposite, so the PC term today is (Reichs-)Pogromnacht.