Posted: Nov 9,2009 12:43 pm CST
Remembering November 9 - a date that marks highs and lows in German history

Broken windows of a Jewish shop on the morning after a Nazi pogrom on Nov 9,1938.
November 9,2009,(Der Spiegel) -- November 9 is a key date in Germany's chequered 20th century history. It isn't just the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. On this day in 1938,Nazi Germany launched a pogrom against its Jewish population in which more than 2,000 people died. SPIEGEL ONLINE looks at three events that occurred on this fateful date before 1989. . . continue reading.







