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Tom Lantos: “This racial hatred, which was given its defining violent moment in Kristallnacht, led directly to the 'Final Solution,'…”

On the recordNovember 8, 1999
This racial hatred, which was given its defining violent moment in Kristallnacht, led directly to the 'Final Solution,' the fanatic Nazi drive to annihilate the Jewish race.
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Tom Lantos
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congress.gov
Nov 8, 1999

Editor's note · Context

Linking Kristallnacht to the broader context of Nazi atrocities.

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