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A photograph of Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Jew living in Paris who shot and killed Ernst von Rath, a secretary in the German embasssy there as a protest for how Jews werre being treated in Nazi Germany. The Nazis used the murder as an excuse for Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’), an attack on Jews and Jewish property across Germany and Austria on 9-10 November, 1938. (German Federal Archives)
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146-1988-078-07, B. B. (2024, September 26). Herschel Grynszpan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/
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146-1988-078-07, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "Herschel Grynszpan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 26, 2024. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/.
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146-1988-078-07, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "Herschel Grynszpan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Sep 2024. Web. 22 Dec 2024.
