Set on the streets of 'Jederstadt' ('anytown') on the morning after Kristallnacht, this section of the film shows the aftermath of the pogrom against Jewish buildings, shops and people. We see the synagogue damaged and on fire and the glass from the smashed shop windows on the street -- it is this glass which gave Kristallnacht its name. We see a young boy clearing the glass from outside his family's shop when Nazi officers take away his father. He asks their neighbour to assist him. She chooses to not help.
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