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<p class='text-center'>FOR CENTURIES, THIS BALLROOM IN THE OLD<br>
CITY HALL WAS USED FOR MUNICIPAL AND CIVIC<br>
GATHERINGS AND FESTIVITIES.</p>

<p class='text-center'>THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGIME MISUSED THE<br>
VENUE TO PLAN THEIR ANTI-SEMITIC CRIMES.</p>

<p class='text-center'>DURING A NAZI PARTY CELEBRATION ON THE<br>
EVENING OF 9TH NOVEMBER 1938 THE<br>
ANTI-JEWISH VIOLENCE BEING INCITED IN MANY<br>
CITIES OF THE REICH WAS EXTENDED HERE INTO<br>
A NATIONWIDE POGROM.</p>

<p class='text-center'>THE “REICHSKRISTALLNACHT” OR<br>
“NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”, AS IT BECAME KNOWN, WAS<br>
THE PRELUDE TO THE ANNIHILATION FOR<br>
EUROPE’S JEWS.</p>