The Auctioneers: Profiting from the Holocaust Historical data journalism brings to light the true story of Kristallnacht and thereafter. The systematic antisemitism of the Nazis peaked with the pogroms of 1938/39, the outcome of which was incomparable violence and despotism towards Jewish citizens. The events that culminated into the \'Reichspogromnacht\' also led to a massive wave of expropriation.