WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, on the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass," called Friday for an end to anti-Semitism and intolerance.
A White House statement noted on the nights of Nov. 9-10, 1938, Nazi paramilitary groups marched under cover of darkness throughout Germany and Austria, destroying and vandalizing thousands of Jewish businesses and homes, burning books and vandalizing synagogues.
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At least 91 Jews were killed, and 30,000 more were sent to concentration camps.
Obama's statement urged "standing up to indifference and recommitting ourselves to combating prejudice and persecution wherever it exists."
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