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Ernst vom Rath

1909 - 1938

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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" on 9–10 November 1938. Historians consider Kristallnacht the beginning of the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst vom Rath is the 5,479th most popular politician (down from 3,518th in 2019), the 1,448th most popular biography from Germany (down from 956th in 2019) and the 421st most popular German Politician.

Ernst vom Rath was the German diplomat who was shot by Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Polish Jew, in 1938. This event led to Kristallnacht.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernst vom Rath ranks 5,479 out of 19,576. Before him are Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Pan Geng, Hydatius, and Princess Margaretha of Saxony. After him are Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Suintila, Zechariah of Israel, Wu Qi, Merikare, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ernst vom Rath ranks 60. Before him are Adib Shishakli, Matt Busby, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, William M. Branham, Rudolf Brandt, and Robert Ryan. After him are Mohammad Ali Bogra, Rollo May, John Haigh, Grażyna Bacewicz, Werner Naumann, and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1938, Ernst vom Rath ranks 56. Before him are Harvey S. Firestone, William Henry Pickering, Robert Wiene, Reginald Johnston, Yevhen Konovalets, and Alfonsina Storni. After him are César Vallejo, Alexandru Averescu, Joseph Bédier, Ludwig Borchardt, Ödön von Horváth, and Edmund Landau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 1,448 out of 7,253. Before him are Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650), Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (1373), and Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840). After him are Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848), Henry of Latvia (1187), Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561), Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723), and Georg Kaiser (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 421. Before him are Rudolf Brandt (1909), Bernhard Rust (1883), Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg (1708), Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650), Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (1753), and Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840). After him are Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848), Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723), Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896), Werner Best (1903), Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), and Josef Bühler (1904).

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