On 7 November 1938, Herschel
Grynszpan, a young Polish Jewish refugee, seventeen years old,
living underground in France, went to the German Embassy in
Paris. He was received by Ernst vom Rath, who was attached to
the embassy and shot him with a gun. He later explained that
the police had actually committed the attack in order to
avenge the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. Two days later,
the diplomat died of his injuries. Hitler seized on this
matter and denounced the Jewish conspiracy. On the night of
9-10 November, synagogues were burned and Jewish shops were
looted throughout Germany. This event, known as
"Kristallnacht", was one of the first major anti-Jewish
operations orchestrated by the Nazis.
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