Interview with Tal Kedmi Winbrom, CEO of Central Europe Expatriate Organization. 'Let There Be Light' encourages people to show solidarity against hate on the pogrom's anniversary Israel is preparing to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, a pogrom that targeted Jews in a series of horrific attacks throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9, 1938. During the pogrom, synagogues were heavily damaged and thousands of Jewish-owned businesses were destroyed.