Kristallnacht ( ) or the Night of Broken Glass , also called Name_conferral the November Pogrom Killing ( s ) , was a pogrom Killing against Jews carried out Military_operation by SA paramilitary forces Hostile_encounter and civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938 .

The name `` Kristallnacht '' ( `` Crystal Night '' ) comes from the shards Destroying of broken Destroying glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores , buildings and synagogues were smashed Destroying .

Historians view Perception_active `` Kristallnacht '' as a prelude to the Final Solution and the murder Killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust .

The pogrom has been compared in some media to the `` Kristallnacht '' , the 1938 pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany .