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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/09/europe/merkel-kristallnacht-berlin-grm-intl/index.html
German Chancellor Merkel Condemns Resurgence of Anti-Semitism on Anniversary of Kristallnacht
(CNN) Atika Shubert and Nadine Schmidt - German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned a "worrying" resurgence of anti-Semitism in Germany, including a rise in violent attacks, in a speech marking 80 years since Kristallnacht or the "Night of Broken Glass," the 1938 rampage of state-sponsored violence by the Nazi regime against Jewish communities. Merkel spoke at Berlin's Rykestrasse Synagogue, one of 1,400 synagogues that were set ablaze that night. She said that Kristallnacht had "paved the way to the Holocaust," and added that "the terror of Nazism did not happen overnight but grew gradually," warning that the German public's general acceptance of anti-Semitism is what allowed the Nazi regime to carry out the Holocaust. Merkel said Germany must draw lessons from its history and must not tolerate anti-Semitism or racism in any form.