Kristallnacht, also referred to as the November Pogrom or the Night of Broken Glass, was a series of violent antisemitic attacks which took place across Germany on the 9 – 10 November 1938. From the 10 – 16 November, over 25,000 men were arrested and sent to concentration camps, such as Buchenwald and Dachau. A smaller number of women were also arrested. Conditions in the camps was horrific and both men and women endured extreme violence.