In the dark hours of 9th November 1938, Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were vandalized and set aflame, marking a terrifying new phase of Nazi persecution: Kristallnacht.

Rose Girone, who once credited her longevity to dark chocolate, survived the Nazi horror of Kristallnacht and her ... moved with her family as a child to Hamburg in northern Germany.

Born in Janov, Poland in 1912, Girone’s family settled in Hamburg, Germany ... Poland), just as Kristallnacht launched waves of violence against Germany’s Jews. Mannheim was arrested and ...