The November Pogroms

From early morning until well into the afternoon, the terror against the Jews continued in Germany’s capital. […] Synagogues were set on fire, shops were looted, defenseless victims were dragged from their homes out into the streets, they were insulted and beaten in the most brutal way, while the police made themselves invisible or acted as indifferent bystanders.

The pogroms received extensive coverage in Swedish newspapers. The majority of journalists agreed that the persecution of the Jewish population had gone too far. Even the pro-German journalists were critical.Fredrik Böök, who had previously expressed support for Nazi policies, wrote in Svenska Dagbladet:

If there is at all a world conscience, if there is anything deserving the name of a public opinion, then it is high time that it awakens, that it demands of the leading statesmen: it is necessary to open a way out for the Jews existing in Germany, to quickly and on a sufficient scale create opportunities for their emigration.