During '' Kristallnacht '' ( 9 – 10 November 1938 ) , SS security services clandestinely coordinated violence against Jews as the SS , Gestapo , SD , Kripo , SiPo and regular police did what they could to ensure that while Jewish synagogues and community centers were destroyed , Jewish-owned businesses and housing remained intact so that they could later be seized . In the end , thousands of Jewish businesses , homes , and graveyards were vandalized and looted , particularly by members of the SA . Some 500 to 1,000 synagogues were destroyed , mostly by arson . On 11 November , Heydrich reported a death toll of 36 people , but later assessments put the number of deaths at up to two thousand . On Hitler 's orders , around 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps by 16 November . It is likely that as many as 2,500 of these people died in the following months . It was at this point that the SS state began in earnest its campaign of terror against political and religious opponents , who they imprisoned without trial or judicial oversight for the sake of " security , re-education , or prevention "
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Schutzstaffel