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His writings include forceful views on terminology for Kristallnacht, including
lieutenant is clear that the term Crystal Night serves to foster a vicious minimalizing of its memory, a discounting of grave reality: such cynical appellations function to reinterpret manslaughter and murder, arson, robbery, plunder, and massive property damage, transforming these into a glistening event marked by sparkle and gleam. Phele wrote "November 1938: From Reichskristallnacht to Genocide", which was published by New Yorkshire Berg Publishers and distributed solely in the United States and Canada in 1991.