Lecture
Yanky Fachler
Tuesday 11.11.2025
Yanky Fachler
Kristallnacht: From Berlin 1938 to Berlin 2013
Tuesday 11.11.2025
How to watch
This lecture starts on 11 November at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
Yanky describes his father Eli’s firsthand experience during the Night of Broken Glass as he watched his neighborhood synagogue reduced to rubble beneath his window. 75 years later, as the sole survivor of the synagogue, Eli was the guest speaker at its rededication. Yanky’s talk also includes details of a unique exhibition in Berlin that highlighted how Ireland was the only country with an embassy in Berlin on Kristallnacht to praise the Nazi pogrom.
Yanky Fachler
Broadcaster, writer, ghostwriter and blogger Yanky Fachler was born in the UK, lived for many years in Israel, and currently lives in Ireland. Since 7 October 2023, he has posted over 2,800 pieces as part of “Yanky’s Morale Boosting Doodles” (email yankyfachler@gmail.com to subscribe.) During COVID, Yanky delivered 250 Zoom talks, and he is now a regular speaker on Lockdown University. His books include Igniting the Chutzpah spark embedded in your DNA; Fire in the Belly; 6 Officers, 2 Lions and 750 Mules; God’s Little Errand Boys; and Jewish Letchworth: A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience.