The Day the Holocaust Began: The Odyssey of Herschel Grynszpan

by Gerald Schwab

Book Overview

On November 7, 1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year old Polish-German Jew, walked into the German Embassy in Paris and shot Third Secretary, Ernst vom Rath, who died shortly after. Vom Rath's death triggered the destruction and mahem which became known as Kristallnacht, or The Night of Broken Glass, resulting in the death of hundreds, the razing of 265 synagogues and 200 houses, the demolition of 7,500 business establishments, and the incarceration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275935760
• ISBN13: 9780275935764
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"