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Key facts
- Born
- Ernst Eduard vom Rath , ( 1909-06-03 ) 3 June 1909, Frankfurt , Germany
- 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 murder being cited as a pretext for Kristallnacht
- Political party
- Nazi Party
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- legation
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Ernst-vom-Rath.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ernst vom Rath
- date of birth
- 1909-06-03
- date of death
- 1938-11-09
- manner of death
- homicide
- name in native language
- Ernst vom Rath
- birth name
- Ernst Eduard vom Rath
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- killed by
- Herschel Grynszpan
- P8168
- New York Liberty
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Eduard vom Rath (3 June 1909 – 9 November 1938) was a German diplomat. He is mainly remembered for his assassination in Paris in 1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which was used as a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass" on 9–10 November 1938. Historians consider Kristallnacht the beginning of the Holocaust.
Early life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ernst vom Rath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.