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Of course the "Night of Broken Glass" refers to Kristallnacht, an event that many feel marked the beginning of the Holocaust. The entire story is told from the point of view of a cat named Benno, who lives happily on Rosenstrasse in Berlin, making the rounds from shop to shop and apartment to apartment, visiting both Jewish and non-Jewish families, all of whom love him. Then come changes, and a scary night after which half of his friends are gone and nothing is the same. I wonder how much a chil
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Oct 15, 2010
Dawn VanLerberghe
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