The Day The Holocaust Began: The Odyssey of Herschel Grynszpan

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A detailed account of Herschel Grynszpan's life and his role in triggering the "Kristallnacht" pogroms by his murder of vom Rath in 1938. Describes his trial in France and his extradition to Germany after the capitulation of the French army. Shows that the Nazis wanted to stage a show trial against Grynszpan, which was to disclose a Jewish conspiracy, but gave up this plan. Grynszpan was imprisoned in various concentration camps and most likely perished in one of them. The circumstances of his death are not known. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)