Hi, On Thursday, 2023-11-16 11:19:24 +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > Am Do., 16. Nov. 2023 um 01:27 Uhr schrieb Kevin Kofler via devel < > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Miroslav Suchý wrote: > > > Why Kristallnachte edition? On today's date at 1938, was i Kristallnacht > > > (Night of Broken Glass) - a pogrom against Jews in Germany. It was first > > > step where every other step was worse than the previous one. It was > > > basicaly a first step that lead to holocaust. > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht#Kristallnacht_as_a_turning_point > > > > Note that the term "Kristallnacht" (or "Reichskristallnacht") is itself a > > nazi propaganda term, and it is nowadays generally agreed in Austria and > > Germany that that term should not be used. Broken glass is just broken > > glass, not "crystal". And the term only (euphemistically) mentions the > > violence against things and neglects to mention the violence against > > people. > > Historical events do not vanish by renaming them - and no single word can > describe the horror, be it "massacre" or "catastrophe" in the language of > your choice. We need to educate ourselves (and then others) about events > and names, and in fact that is what Miro's historical connotations can do, > even when they give us shivers. And that is why it is more correctly named Reichspogromnacht (for Pogrom see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom), because it is not just about shattered glass but all the violence against the ethnic/religious group. And even more, Novemberpogrome, because it was not only one night. (term also mentioned in the English Kristallnacht Wikipedia article above). https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novemberpogrome_1938 Eike -- GPG key 0x6A6CD5B765632D3A - 2265 D7F3 A7B0 95CC 3918 630B 6A6C D5B7 6563 2D3A
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