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Today in True Crime

November 9, 1938: Revenge Killing Used to Ignite Kristallnacht

Today in True Crime

Parcast

True Crime, Education, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Nazi diplomat Ernst vom Rath died after being shot by Polish-German Jew Herschel Grynszpan. His death became the pretext for Kristallnacht, one of the most violent attacks against Jewish people in Nazi Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:33.8

Today is Monday, November 9th, 2020.

0:38.3

On this day in 1938, Nazi diplomat Ernst Fomrott died after being shot by Polish German Jew, Herschel Grinspon.

0:49.3

Fomrott's death became the pretext for one of the most violent attacks against Jews in Nazi Germany,

0:56.8

Kristall Nocht.

1:04.0

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.

1:08.3

Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

1:13.6

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

1:17.6

Today we're covering the assassination of Ernst Fomrott.

1:21.6

His death was supposed to be revenge for the Nazis' treatment against Jews.

1:26.6

Instead, it produced one of the worst acts of

1:29.6

terror against Jews in the lead-up to the Holocaust. Let's go back to Paris, France on the

1:35.8

afternoon of November 9, 1938. 29-year-old Ernst Fom Rott was on the verge of death. As he laid in a coma, it was obvious to the doctors and nurses that the German diplomat wasn't going to make it.

2:01.4

Despite their best efforts, the bullets had damaged Fomroth's spleen.

2:06.6

There was no coming back from it.

2:09.1

Fomrott had been slowly dying for the better part of two days.

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