Why did Kristallnacht take place 1.<Tab/> Both sources clearly describe the same event. Source A is a summary of an account by a journalist who was working for a nazi newspaper before the war. The journalist's name is Fritz Hesse and was written in 1954. Fritz Hesse recalls a conversation he over heard between Goebbles and Hitler at a dinner in Munich on the 9th November 1938. An officer whispered to Goebbles and …showed first 75 words of 3064 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3064 total…lt;Tab/>I conclude that after reading and evaluating each source, that kristallnacht was planned by the Nazis and carried out by the SA men and Stormtroopers, most of the sources support this and I believe that it was an attempt for Goebbels to get into Hitler's good books. On the whole I disagree with the statement 'kristallnacht was a spontaneous event by the German people' and most of the sources prove this.