Posted on November 10, 2025
As the world marks the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, survivors of the Nazi pogrom that devastated Jewish life in Germany and Austria are warning of a dangerous resurgence of antisemitism. Among them is Walter Bingham, who was 14 years old when Nazi mobs looted Jewish businesses and torched synagogues during the Night of Broken Glass, an event that foreshadowed the Holocaust and the murder of 6 million European Jews. Now 101, Bingham reflects on that night as antisemitic attacks surge globally amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.