Transcription: 1938 was a fateful year for German Jewry. As the Nazi state strengthened and consolidated itself, and as the last remaining moderates in the government and the army were expelled or forced to retire, anti-Jewish policies within all agencies dealing with Jewish affairs escalated. The series of events and developments that took place throughout the year Coming to a peak with the Kristallnacht pogrom of November made 1938 a watershed in the fate of German Jewry.