The Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem held events Thursday marking the 64th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Among the events, a memorial ceremony was held to recall the night of Nov. 9, 1938, when Nazi thugs ransacked Jewish-owned shops and set synagogues ablaze across Germany and Austria.
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