The Grünspan Case

Identifier
990004759150304146
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945

Scope and Content

The file contains a report about the 'Grünspan case', written by Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels in 1938 and printed by 'M. Müller & Sohn K.G., Berlin S.W.68'. The Günspan case is concerning Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (German: Hermann Grünspan), who was a Polish-Jewish refugee, born in Germany. His assassination of the Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on the 7th of November 1938 in Paris was his way to take revenge for his Jewish brethren in Germany. After the murder of the secretary of legation, the German nation took up retaliatory measures against Jews in Germany, as Goebbels writes. Resulted in the Kristallnacht, the antisemitic pogrom of 9–10 November 1938.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mode of access: WWW

Note(s)

  • Electronic access only

  • Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015

  • Title viewed 8.05.2017

People

  • Grynszpan, Herschel Feibel, 1921-approximately 1943
  • Vom Rath, Ernst, 1909-1938

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century
  • Kristallnacht, 1938
  • Jewish refugees--France--Paris--Biography
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