Question B
What impression of kristallnacht does source C
give?
Source C is an account by David Buffman, a member of the American embassy in Leipzig. He wrote his account at the time of kristallnacht, which was on the 10th of November 1938, from what he had seen and interviews which he carried out.
From this source we get the impression that it was the Nazis who organised kristallnacht and that the SS men and stormtroopers, who were not in uniform and armed with axes hammers and fire bombs, started to attack and torch Jewish homes, shops and synagogues. As it was the Nazis who carried out the attacks, it was most likely that it would have been Hitler and his associates who plotted kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. David Buffman tells us that he is using his knowledge and the knowledge from one reliable source. A concern with this is that he does not tell us who the source is. This makes suspicious evidence as we cannot prove with the source whether it is true or not. Therefore we cannot prove that the is evidence is reliable.
What impression of kristallnacht does source C
give?
Source C is an account by David Buffman, a member of the American embassy in Leipzig. He wrote his account at the time of kristallnacht, which was on the 10th of November 1938, from what he had seen and interviews which he carried out.
From this source we get the impression that it was the Nazis who organised kristallnacht and that the SS men and stormtroopers, who were not in uniform and armed with axes hammers and fire bombs, started to attack and torch Jewish homes, shops and synagogues. As it was the Nazis who carried out the attacks, it was most likely that it would have been Hitler and his associates who plotted kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. David Buffman tells us that he is using his knowledge and the knowledge from one reliable source. A concern with this is that he does not tell us who the source is. This makes suspicious evidence as we cannot prove with the source whether it is true or not. Therefore we cannot prove that the is evidence is reliable.
