Mobs, fire, fear,
Broken glass filled roads
Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, Orphanages, homes
Violated, vandalized,
Victimized, sold
From beloved synagogues,
Fire and smoke rose
1938
The 9th of November
The beginning of a hell on earth
We are all charged to remember
Jewish men, women, and children
Dragged off and humiliated
Hated and jaded
A baseless hatred that invaded
Some managed to escape
But many lost their lives
Some went into hiding
Husbands were separated from wives
Children sent away with strangers
To find freedom across borders
Christians risked their lives to
Sneak them out against Nazi orders
Kristallnacht
Over 1,100 synagogues
Countless Jewish homes
7,500 Jewish businesses
Several hundred Jewish souls
30,000 were arrested
Then to the camps were sent
Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald
And Dachau, with no voice to dissent
How could the world stand by
And let this all take place?
Let the remembrance of this day
Bend our knees and somber our face
Pray for the strength to speak up
When something isn't right
Don't close your eyes at persecution
But stand and fight
Be the light
Remember
The
Glass
Filled
Night
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