People on Long Island are commemorating the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazis attack that left Jewish synagogues, homes and businesses destroyed in 1938.

Synagogues and churches across the country will keep its lights on throughout the night to commemorate the Night of Broken Glass. The gesture is meant to shine a light against hate.

On this day 82 years ago, Nazis attacked and destroyed over 1,400 synagogues. The horrific event was foundational in making anti-Semitism seem patriotic to German citizens.

Irving Roth, of North Hempstead, is an Auschwitz survivor. He says, "We went from rhetoric and a little hassle and harassment to a major event."

Roth says with hate crimes on the rise in many places nationwide, he thinks we must learn from our past.

"We have issues, we have problems, we have 7.5 billion people on this planet, and we all need to live together," says Roth. "I want them to understand what happened and not repeat the same steps which lead to extreme evil."

Andrea Bolender, the chair of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, shared why it's so important to teach the younger generations about Holocaust history.

"Let's not go there again, let's make sure that we understand that the hate that we're seeing now is what led to the Holocaust," says Bolender. "The Holocaust began with words, it did not begin with genocide."

People were encouraged to light up their homes Monday and take a picture and hashtag it - #LetThereBeLight.