That killing precipitated a massive campaign of property damage throughout Germany and Austria.  
Prior to this event, a key individual received a troubling postcard from his cousin Berta after a government enacted some vague provisions from the Enabling Act.  It was preceded by concurring edicts that expelled citizens from two countries into a virtual no man's land on the boarder.  This offense prompted Hershel Greenspan to step into a Paris embassy and murder Ernst von Rath, whose death Goebbels managed to tie to a vast conspiracy.  That killing precipitated a massive campaign of property damage throughout Germany and Austria.  For 10 points, identify this event on the evening of November 9, 1938, in which countless Jewish homes, synagogues, and stores were attacked, resulting in lots of window damage?
Prior to this event, a key individual received a troubling postcard from his cousin Berta after a government enacted some vague provisions from the Enabling Act.  
{Kristallnacht} or {Night} of the {Broken Glass}