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Nanuet Hebrew Center Dedicates New Holocaust Memorial Garden
The garden, an Eagle Scout project, was dedicated during the Kristallnacht Commemoration program.
From the Nanuet Hebrew Center
A wonderful and well attended Kristallnacht Commemoration program, which included dedication of a new Holocaust Memorial Garden was held this past Sunday, November 10th at the Nanuet Hebrew Center in New City, New York.
Held on the weekend when the tragedy of Kristallnacht is remembered, the beautiful and moving Memorial Garden was created by Zachary Spiegel and Troop 36 of Pearl River, NY as a part of his Eagle Scout Project. Zach is the son of Nanuet Hebrew Center congregants Cindy and Mitch Spiegel.
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Kristallnacht, also called "Night of Broken Glass", fell on the night of November 9–10, 1938 and was a "pogrom" (or violent raid) carried out against the Jews by Nazi Germany military forces. Jewish homes, hospitals and schools were ransacked and demolished; 267 Jewish Synagogues were destroyed; over 7000 Jewish owned businesses were damaged or destroyed; and over 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps. Kristallnacht proved to be a precursor to the murdering of six million Jews during the Holocaust.
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