Content created by Professor Deborah Lipstadt in conjunction with Maureen MacLaughlin and Dan Leshem. CLAIM: Hitler did not approve of the Kristallnacht pogrom and did not know about it until it was well under way.

RESPONSE: Given the verifiable fact that Hitler was informed about the earlier disturbances at his meeting with Goebbels, he must have authorized the larger attacks on Jews, their property and their businesses.