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Coccyx(health)
coccyx(dictionary)
coccyx(dictionary)
muscles of coccyx(medicine)
Coccyx bone(health)

Kristallnacht (sh) and coccyx (iou)


Kristallnacht (sh)




or Crystal Night or Night of Broken Glass

Night of violence against Jews, carried out by members of the German Nazi Party on Nov.

9-10, 1938, so called because of the broken glass left in its aftermath. The violence, instigated by Joseph Goebbels, left 91 Jews dead and hundreds seriously injured. About 7,500 Jewish businesses were gutted and some 1,000 synagogues burned or damaged. The Gestapo arrested 30,000 Jewish males, offering to release them only if they emigrated and surrendered their wealth. The incident marked a major escalation in the Nazi program of Jewish persecution, foreshadowing the Holocaust.


coccyx (iou)



coccyx noun. . L16.
[Latin from Greek kokkux, -ug- (orig.) cuckoo: from its resemblance (in humans) to a cuckoo's beak.]
Anatomy. The small triangular bone forming the lower end of the spinal column in humans and some apes; the analogous part in birds or Other vertebrates.