Whenever a mob gathers to use violence against others who they perceive as unjust/unfair, one has a parallel with Kristallnacht.

When millions of dollars of damages are done to innocent people's property by a mob, one has a parallel with Kristallnacht.

Whenever you have a religious/ideological conflict enflaming violence upon innocents, one has a parallel with Kristallnacht.

When a large scale civilian disturbance occurs which sets a group into acting against others with unchecked aggression, breeding terror and using fear, one has a parallel with Kristallnacht.

That no one has died yet is a miracle. As I write this, news agencies are reporting shots fired at French police. Escalation to ever greater violent acts is to be expected from limited minds that already have no problem with destruction of property. I suspect we are just seeing the beginning of a terrible chain reaction. This has the possibility to escalate FAR beyond Kristallnacht and consume all of Europe. Chirac had better get his house in order because the dominoes are all in place throughout Europe and if he doesn't Kristallnacht may appear small in comparison.

Being a "minority" does not grant carte blanche to use violence against innocent people.

You're mirroring the actions of the enablers who looked the other way or whitewashed the violence as "understandable"--it's not understandable and its not excusable.

The Nazis felt the Jews were "oppressors" as well and preyed upon the German people. When a Molotov cocktail comes flying through your car windshield, it matters not a whit if the thrower believes he is oppressed--he IS now the oppressor.