How did Joseph Goebbels justify Kristallnacht, at least initially?

Question

a) He claimed that the assassination of a German diplomat was part of a larger Jewish conspiracy against the Nazi state.
b) He knew that any damage would be overlooked by approving non-Jewish locals and acted accordingly.
Consider This: Various non-German newspapers were able to analyze the events and concluded that there was a central plan for the action. See 12.8: Narrative: Night of Fire and Glass.
c) He argued that the “conspiracy” was even larger than the Jewish community and connected to international communism.
Consider This: Various non-German newspapers were able to analyze the events and concluded that there was a central plan for the action. See 12.8: Narrative: Night of Fire and Glass.
d) War preparations meant glass shortages, something that he wanted to cover up by staging the Kristallnacht.
Consider This: Various non-German newspapers were able to analyze the events and concluded that there was a central plan for the action. See 12.8: Narrative: Night of Fire and Glass.

Answer 1

a) He claimed that the assassination of a German diplomat was part of a larger Jewish conspiracy against the Nazi state.