Holocaust survivor's story to be shared at annual Kristallnacht event

By: Sentinel Staff

Outlets: Keene Sentinel

Published: November 7, 2026

Words: 568

Last Updated: 2 days, 3 hours ago

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Keene’s annual remembrance of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogroms of November 1938, is scheduled for Monday night and will feature video of the oral history of Holocaust survivor Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt.

This year’s event is hosted by Congregation Ahavas Achim, with help from groups that include the Keene Public Library, the Monadnock Interfaith Project, the city of Keene, and Keene State College’s Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, according to a news release.

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