Today. 55 years after Kristallnacht. we look back on the events of November 1938 and seek to make some sense of them. We are revolted by the atrocities committed against the members of the Jewish communities in Germany and Austria and the inhuman hatred that propelled these events. We are equally revolted by the failure of the international community to respond: the denial of visas to Jews. the unwillingness to raise immigration quotas. the deplorable refusal of the world to intervene. These actions of quiet complicitythe unconscionable sins of the silentgave a green light to the Nazis and their genocidal intentions. Mr.
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