November 9th, 1918 — Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and goes into exile two days before Germany surrenders, bringing an end to World War I and heralding years of post-war political and economic instability that ultimately culminated in the national socialists coming to power under Hitler.

November 9th, 1923 — Hitler launches an ill-fated putch to bring down the Weimar Republic.

November 9th, 1938 — Reichskristallnacht, in which the Nazis, now in power, burned synagogues, attacked Jews and vandalized Jewish property and businesses all across Germany.

November 9th is a date of enormous historical significance for Germany, most of it not at all positive.