Crystal Night: 9-10 November 1938 by Thalman, Rita with Emmanuel Feinermann

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Inc, 1974, hardcover, 192 pp, First American Edition stated, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, tiny chips to head of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. A documentary account, based on contemporary documents from both the Nazis and their victims, of the night of November 9-10 1938 when Hitler secretly ordered the burning of all synagogues, the destruction of Jewish places of business, and the arrest of 30,000 Jewish men in response to the killing of a German diplomat by a 17-year-old Jew. Illustrated with 8 pages of black-&-white plates. Appended: Notes to the Text, Selective Bibliography, Index.