Holocaust survivor recalls ‘Night of Broken Glass’ horrors in interactive, virtual reality project

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding on the forehead. It was Nov. 9, 1938, or Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass” — when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Now, on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht this week, Knobloch still remembers that night with horror and says it will be burned into her memory forever. She has teamed up with the Jewish Claims Conference and other groups to share these memories in an interactive, virtual reality project.