Ernst vom Rath

Ernst vom Rath
Vom Rath in 1934
Born	Ernst Eduard vom Rath (1909-06-03)3 June 1909 Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Died	9 November 1938(1938-11-09) (aged 29) Paris, France
Cause of death	Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Occupation	Diplomat
Years active	1932–1938
Known for	His death being cited as a pretext for Kristallnacht
Political party	Nazi Party

Ernst Eduard vom Rath (3 June 1909 – 9 November 1938) was a member of the German nobility, a Nazi Party member, and German Foreign Office diplomat. He is mainly remembered for his assassination in Paris in 1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which provided a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass". Historians consider Kristallnacht the beginning of the Holocaust.