They were sent to such concentration camps as Dachau and Buchenwald. The police arrested them simply for being Jewish. The next morning, the Nazi regime ordered the police to arrest about 30,000 German Jewish men. Hundreds of Jews died during Kristallnacht and its aftermath. Fire brigades did not put out fires in synagogues. Police forces did not protect Jews or their property. Nazi leaders told the police and fire brigades to ignore the attacks. They damaged Jewish cemeteries and homes. They vandalized thousands of Jewish-owned businesses, shattering the glass in storefronts. In the hours and days that followed, organized groups of Nazis wreaked havoc on Jewish life in Nazi Germany. On the night of November 9, they ordered members of the Nazi Party’s paramilitaries (the SS, the SA, and the Hitler Youth) to attack Jewish communities. In fact, Nazi leaders actively coordinated it with Adolf Hitler's support. The violence was supposed to look like an unplanned outburst of anger against Jews. This became known as Kristallnacht or the 'Night of Broken Glass.' It was named for the shattered glass from store windows that littered the streets after the violence. The 'Night of Broken Glass' On the night of November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated a wave of antisemitic violence in Nazi Germany.
