Starting in the late hours of November 9, 1938, and continuing throughout the next day, Nazi mobs torched and vandalized hundreds of synagogues throughout Germany and damaged, and often completely destroyed, thousands of Jewish homes, schools, businesses, hospitals, and cemeteries. Nearly 100 Jews were murdered during the violence, which came to be viewed as the prelude to the Final Solution and the murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust.

How can one commemorate one of the worst atrocities known to mankind?

On Wednesday night, November 9, 2022, we will mark the abhorrent night when the lights of Germany’s synagogues went dark in 1938 – Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass. In memory of this night and its countless victims, lights in churches and synagogues throughout the world will blaze all night long. Light shall replace darkness; Resurgence shall replace loss; Friendship shall replace destruction; Good will triumph over evil.

Christians will join Jews in this powerful statement:

The Jewish People will never be destroyed.

Please do not miss this event! Make sure that your church, home group, school, or institution is counted among the Christians who stand by their Jewish brethren worldwide by leaving the lights ON all night Wednesday night, November 9, 2022!

Participation in Light Up The Church is free of charge.