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title: Herschel Grynszpan
author: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1988-078-07
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2024-09-26
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# Herschel Grynszpan

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## Image File

[![Herschel Grynszpan](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19491.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19491.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph of Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Jew living in [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/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](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kristallnacht/)* (‘Night of Broken Glass’), an attack on Jews and Jewish property across Germany and Austria on 9-10 November, 1938. (German Federal Archives)

## Cite This Work

### APA
146-1988-078-07, B. B. (2024, September 26). Herschel Grynszpan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/>
### Chicago
146-1988-078-07, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "Herschel Grynszpan." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 26, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/>.
### MLA
146-1988-078-07, Bundesarchiv, Bild. "Herschel Grynszpan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Sep 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19491/herschel-grynszpan/>.

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