Conspiracy in Paris, November 1938: medical fraud as pretext for Kristallnacht Pogrom.
TitleConspiracy in Paris, November 1938: medical fraud as pretext for Kristallnacht Pogrom.
Author
Call numberP940.5318/148
Object number07729
Place of publicationRamat Gan, Israel
Year of publication
2011
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal IMAJ Vol.13 May 2011pp266-269
Description
The nazi regime used the assasination of Baron vom Rath by a Jewish teenager Herschel Grynszpan as a pretext to organise the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938. It also involved a possible cover-up of medical malpractice that led to vom Rath's death.