Ernst vom Rath
German diplomat (1909–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ernst Eduard vom Rath (3 June 1909 – 9 November 1938) was a member of the German nobility, a Nazi Party member, and German Foreign Office diplomat. He is mainly remembered for his assassination in Paris in 1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which provided a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass". Historians consider Kristallnacht the beginning of the Holocaust.
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Born | Ernst Eduard vom Rath (1909-06-03)3 June 1909 Frankfurt am Main, German Empire |
Died | 9 November 1938(1938-11-09) (aged 29) Paris, France |
Cause of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Years active | 1932–1938 |
Known for | His death being cited as a pretext for Kristallnacht |
Political party | Nazi Party |
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