Kristallnacht: Nazi-Pogrom Justified by Ernst vom Rath Killing, November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht occurs, instigated by the Nazis using the killing of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan as justification.
Date: November 9, 1938
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