Walter H. Pehle

Dr. Walter H. Pehle (born 1941, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a professor of German history, who has studied and written on the subject of Nazism in Germany.

His writings include forceful views on terminology for Kristallnacht, including

It 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 [...] and [...], arson, robbery, plunder, and massive property damage, transforming these into a glistening event marked by sparkle and gleam. 1