In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. By the time Hitler took power, the German government was suffering from the Great Depression brought on by World War I. Hitler, a man who had spent his entire political career denouncing and attempting to destroy the German Republic, was now the leader of the German Republic. said the Republic. Hitler was largely supported by his Nazi Party. Hitler made his displeasure very clear and his people believed his repeated promises to get rid of the Treaty of Versailles and expand the army. All his promises were made with the aim of restoring Germany to its former glory. However, almost immediately after becoming Chancellor of Germany, Hitler began taking legal action against Germany's Jewish population. One of the many actions taken by Hitler against the Jews was Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass. On November 9, 1938, Hitler launched a massive, coordinated attack against Jews throughout the German Reich. During the first half of 1938, Hitler passed several laws restricting the Jewish economy. On October 28 of the same year, approximately 17,000 German Jews were arrested and transferred across Polish borders to “relocation camps.” Among these 17,000 Jews was the Grynszpan family. Zander Grynszpan's seventeen-year-old son Herschel learned of his family's expulsion and took matters into his own hands. Herschel went to the German embassy in Paris on November 7, 1938 with the intention of assassinating the German ambassador to France. However, Herschel was unable to assassinate the German ambassador. Instead, he killed the third secretary Ernst vom Rath. Joseph Goebbels, the head of German propaganda, decided to use Herschel's attack...... middle of paper ......ies. Some neighborhoods even went so far as to impose a curfew on the Jewish population. Hitler suggested that any further persecutions would lead to the "final solution." In January 1939, Hitler informed the Reichstag that if war broke out, it would lead to the annihilation of all Jews in Europe. The reaction outside Germany to Kristallnacht was one of shock and outrage. Negative newspaper and radio publicity began attempting to isolate Hitler's Germany from other civilized nations. These efforts were intended to weaken any pro-Nazi sentiment in non-Nazi countries. The United States permanently recalled its ambassador shortly after Kristallnacht. At this point in history, Göring said: “I would like to say that I would not want to be a Jew in Germany” (The History Place). Göring's statement became more justified as the post-Kristallnacht era continued.