Char Bar, a kosher restaurant in D.C., was vandalized by having two of its windows smashed on Saturday, police say. We’re just a restaurant here.”Chelst said what was most concerning to him was when the crime happened. Kristallnacht is called the “night of broken glass” because thousands of Jewish homes, businesses and places of worship were destroyed by German Nazis. NBC Washington reached out to D.C. police to see if this is being investigated as a possible hate crime. “That’s a disappointing thing to hear because it’s pretty clear that it’s a hate crime,” Chelst said.

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