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This name sounds familiar. What does Kristallnacht mean?
There is a Harry Potter RPG called Kristallnacht at InsaneJournal.

A sample from the FAQ:

Is this really the best choice of names for your game?

We realize some people might look at the name and think, "Do they realize they just named their game after a horrific event in World War II?" And yes, we do, and were well aware of it when we named the game. We were drawing parallels between Grindelwald's actions and those in World War II. As you may notice, a few of the important events in our history even occur on the same dates as the historical events, and this was not by accident. Don't worry, we did our research, and we didn't just think, "Man, that sounds like a cool name, and I do like broken glass!" If you find it offensive at all, then we're really sorry. Like, really really. That wasn't our intent and we're really actually good people, I swear.

The comment section of the FAQ is growing with responses, and separate posts are being made.

A thread at asylum_promo where kdorian offers to pay for a rename token. Mods decline.
the-willow's post
chopchica's post
zvi-likes-tv's post
rydra-wong's post
jennem's post, including a translation
amireal's post, with a picture of the ij's banner in the comments
saved page of the faq, by zhinxy
amireal's second post, with links
rename post at asylum_promo
acari's post
thebratqueen's post
xanphibian's post
ithiliana's post
thelana's poll about the RPG name
gemmi999's post
the-willow's second post
chopchica's second post
coffeeandink's post
stoney321's post

marieantoinette "apologies"
blog post at racialicious
liz-marcs's post: The True Story of the Missing Jewish Women in Block 24

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	bof 2008-05-03 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, but an actual Wizard term wouldn't have the shock factor. And that would be terrible. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-05-03 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	::spit:: I like how they're so fucking stupid that they didn't even realize they'd pimped their comm on Yom HaShoah until people pointed out the idiocy to them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bof 2008-05-03 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	You'd think that they would have, like, wanted to back off after that, but instead they stuck to their stupidity even tighter. Somehow that didn't convince me that they weren't trying to offend anybody. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-05-03 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	It's seriously like watching a particularly stupid teenager throw a tantrum. "I SAID I was sorry, what more do you WANT? God!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	trollprincess 2008-05-03 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	I already wanted to smack them, and then I heard about the Yom HaShoah thing and now I want to hit them even harder. (I'd never even heard of it before today, so, um, at least I learned something new because of this idiocy? sigh) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-05-03 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	I know about the holiday, but when the comm pimping got pointed out, I didn't believe it. There was no way anyone could be that stupid. Then I read the promo post and realized they were that stupid, and saw red. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	crickets 2008-05-04 01:05 am UTC (link)
	they'd pimped their comm on Yom HaShoah No. Seriously, what? NO. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seiberwing 2008-05-04 05:40 am UTC (link)
	No kidding. That makes it ten times worse. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	photosinensis 2008-05-04 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Holy. Fuck. I mean, the name of the game is rather poorly chosen, but that? Wow. It's almost as though they were actively trying to offend the Jews in the crowd. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	churri 2008-05-04 05:49 am UTC (link)
	What the flippiting fuckity FUCK. That right there is a whole new level of idiotic cockweasel. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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