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>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KYLE.
VERY MUCH, KYLE. >> THIS WEEK IS THE 75t
>> THIS WEEK IS THE 75t 75th ANNIVERSARY OF CRYSTAL
75th ANNIVERSARY OF CRYSTAL NAUGHT.
NAUGHT. IT'S KNOWN AS THE NIGHT OF
IT'S KNOWN AS THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS.
BROKEN GLASS. IT MARKS THE BEGIN OF THE
IT MARKS THE BEGIN OF THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE.
HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE. WE HAVE THE STORY OF ONE INDIANA
WE HAVE THE STORY OF ONE INDIANA WOMAN WHO WAS THERE.
WOMAN WHO WAS THERE. >> THIS WEEK RUTH REEVES IS
>> THIS WEEK RUTH REEVES IS PREPARING HER CRAFT CRAFTS TO TS
PREPARING HER CRAFT CRAFTS TO TS FESTIVAL BUT LIFE WAS DIFFERENT.
FESTIVAL BUT LIFE WAS DIFFERENT. THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 9th,
THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 9th, 1938, RUTH WAS WALKING THROUGH
1938, RUTH WAS WALKING THROUGH BERLIN WITH HER MOTHER WHEN
BERLIN WITH HER MOTHER WHEN THEIR CONVERSATION WAS CUT SHORT
THEIR CONVERSATION WAS CUT SHORT BY THE SOUNDS OF SHATTERING
BY THE SOUNDS OF SHATTERING GLASS BURSTING INTO THE STREETS.
GLASS BURSTING INTO THE STREETS. >> STUFF CAME OUT OF WINDOWS AND
>> STUFF CAME OUT OF WINDOWS AND MY MOTHER WAS SMART ENOUGH TO
MY MOTHER WAS SMART ENOUGH TO LEAVE.
LEAVE. >> S.A. PARAMILITARY FORCES AND
>> S.A. PARAMILITARY FORCES AND NON-JEWISH CITIZENS BURNED
NON-JEWISH CITIZENS BURNED SYNAGOGUES AND BURNED JEWISH
SYNAGOGUES AND BURNED JEWISH OWNED STOREFRONTS.
OWNED STOREFRONTS. RUTH'S LIFE WAS FOREVER CLANGED.
RUTH'S LIFE WAS FOREVER CLANGED. >> YOU THIS -- CHANGED.
>> YOU THIS -- CHANGED. >> YOU HAD TO FOLLOW SOME STUPID
>> YOU HAD TO FOLLOW SOME STUPID RULES.
RULES. YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY. EVERYTHING YOU HAD LEARNED AND
EVERYTHING YOU HAD LEARNED AND GOOD MANNERS WAS NOW NOT FOR
GOOD MANNERS WAS NOW NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT FOR CERTAIN
EVERYBODY, BUT FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT THEY DID NOT
PEOPLE, BUT THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN.
EXPLAIN. >> RUTH LEFT GERMANY 13 YEARS
>> RUTH LEFT GERMANY 13 YEARS LATER AND CAME TO THE UNITED
LATER AND CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1959.
STATES IN 1959. >> I MUST SAY BECAUSE OF MY
>> I MUST SAY BECAUSE OF MY UPBRINGING, I AM VERY, VERY MUCH
UPBRINGING, I AM VERY, VERY MUCH AGAINST ANY KIND OF
AGAINST ANY KIND OF DISCRIMINATION.
DISCRIMINATION. I CAN GO -- IF I JUST SENSE IT,
I CAN GO -- IF I JUST SENSE IT, I CAN STEP IN AND I'M NOT VERY
I CAN STEP IN AND I'M NOT VERY NICE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAVE
NICE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT AND I WANT THIS
EXPERIENCED IT AND I WANT THIS TO BE