[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATION

  (Ms. SPANBERGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize the 
Kristallnacht Remembrance Service that has taken place in the community 
I represent for more than 60 years.
  In 1938, during Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, more than 
90 Jews were killed, murdered, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and 
sent to concentration camps. Hundreds of synagogues were burned, and 
thousands of Jewish homes and businesses were ransacked. It was a 
prelude to the horrors to come.
  Every year, central Virginians come together on the anniversary of 
Kristallnacht at the Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery in Henrico 
County, a cemetery that serves as the final resting place for so many 
Virginians with ties to the Holocaust.
  At the service, our community joins to remember what took place, 
honor loved ones, and remind us that we can never forget.
  I am immensely grateful to the local leaders in central Virginia's 
Jewish community who bring people together for this remembrance 
service.
  This community is committed to education and celebrating Jewish 
culture, and the Kristallnacht Remembrance Service is indicative of 
that spirit and that commitment.

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