This Sunday marks 87 years since Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass, one of the key events of the Holocaust of World War II.

On the nights of Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, 1938, Nazi soldiers across Germany ransacked synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses and arrested thousands of Jews, sending them to concentration camps.

On Thursday, the Baltimore Jewish Council is going to remember Kristallnacht with a special program at Beth El Congregation in Pikesville. The program will also remember the life and career of Benjamin Ferencz, the lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after the war.

| LISTEN: WBAL’s Robert Lang hosts in-depth segment on Kristallnacht and Benjamin Ferencz

Ferencz led the prosecution of 24 Nazi leaders known as the Einsatzgruppen. All 24 defendants were convicted. Fou

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