Ernst Eduard vom Rath (June 3, 1909–November 9, 1938) was a German diplomat. He is most noted for his assassination in Paris in 1938 by a Jewish youth, Herschel Grynszpan. The assassination triggered Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass." is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Police Photo of Herschel Grynszpan, 1938 Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (sometimes spelled in the German form Grünspan) (born March 28, 1921, died between 1943 and 1945), political assassin and victim of the Holocaust, was born in Hanover, Germany, of Polish-Jewish parents. ... Kristallnacht, also known as Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, Crystal Night and the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom[1] against Jews throughout Germany and parts of Austria on November 9–November 10, 1938. ...

Vom Rath born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of a high-ranking public official. He attended a school in Breslau, and then studied law at Bonn, Munich and Königsberg, until 1932, when he joined the Nazi Party and became a career diplomat. Two years later he became a member of the SA, the party paramilitary. In 1935, after a posting in Bucharest, he was posted to the German embassy in Paris. Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Wrocław. ... Historic Town Hall of Bonn (view from the market square). ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         The National Socialist German Workers Party, (German: , or NSDAP, commonly known as the Nazi Party), was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. ... The seal of SA SA propaganda poster. ... Paramilitary designates forces whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force, but which are not regarded as having the same status. ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km²  (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... Franco-German relations describes the relations between the governments of Germany and France. ...

In November 1938 he was fatally shot by a 17-year-old Jewish youth, Herschel Grynszpan, who had fled from Germany to France. The reason Grynszpan chose vom Rath as his victim is not known with certainty, but was probably anger over news that his family was being deported from Germany to Poland. While there were claims that Vom Rath was a homosexual,^[1] those claims were probably fabricated by the Gestapo.^[2] Police Photo of Herschel Grynszpan, 1938 Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (sometimes spelled in the German form Grünspan) (born March 28, 1921, died between 1943 and 1945), political assassin and victim of the Holocaust, was born in Hanover, Germany, of Polish-Jewish parents. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ...

Vom Rath's death was used by the Nazi regime to launch the anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Night of Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht).

References

1. ^ Tamagne, Florence, A history of homosexuality in Europe: Volume 1 & 2: Berlin, London, Paris - 1919-1939, Algora Publishing, p. 373, note 531, ISBN 0875863574
2. ^ Arendt, Hannah (1994), Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Penguin Classics, p. 227, ISBN 0140187650