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FOR CENTURIES, THIS BALLROOM IN THE OLD
CITY HALL WAS USED FOR MUNICIPAL AND CIVIC
GATHERINGS AND FESTIVITIES.

THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGIME MISUSED THE
VENUE TO PLAN THEIR ANTI-SEMITIC CRIMES.

DURING A NAZI PARTY CELEBRATION ON THE
EVENING OF 9TH NOVEMBER 1938 THE
ANTI-JEWISH VIOLENCE BEING INCITED IN MANY
CITIES OF THE REICH WAS EXTENDED HERE INTO
A NATIONWIDE POGROM.

THE “REICHSKRISTALLNACHT” OR
“NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”, AS IT BECAME KNOWN, WAS
THE PRELUDE TO THE ANNIHILATION FOR
EUROPE’S JEWS.