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Foreign News
September 8, 1940
Mcallen Daily Press
Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas
What is this article about?
Vichy French government under Petain and Laval handed over Herschel Grynszpan, the Polish Jew who assassinated Nazi diplomat Baron Von Rath in 1938, to Gestapo agents on September 7.
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French Turn Polish Boy Over to Gestapo Agents
VICHY, Sept 7-(UP)-Herschel Grynszpan, the young Polish Jew who assassinated a Nazi diplomat and touched off Germany's unprecedented November, 1938, horror against the Jews, has been delivered into the hands of the Gestapo by the government of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and Pierre Laval it was learned tonight.
Grynszpan had been held in prison since the day in November, 1938, when he broke into the German embassy in Paris and shot to death Baron Ernest Von Rath, secretary of the embassy.
Grynszpan explained that he shot Von Rath "to avenge my fellow Jewish sufferers from Nazi persecution and oppression."
VICHY, Sept 7-(UP)-Herschel Grynszpan, the young Polish Jew who assassinated a Nazi diplomat and touched off Germany's unprecedented November, 1938, horror against the Jews, has been delivered into the hands of the Gestapo by the government of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and Pierre Laval it was learned tonight.
Grynszpan had been held in prison since the day in November, 1938, when he broke into the German embassy in Paris and shot to death Baron Ernest Von Rath, secretary of the embassy.
Grynszpan explained that he shot Von Rath "to avenge my fellow Jewish sufferers from Nazi persecution and oppression."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Diplomatic
What keywords are associated?
Grynszpan Handover
Gestapo
Vichy France
Nazi Persecution
Von Rath Assassination
What entities or persons were involved?
Herschel Grynszpan
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Baron Ernest Von Rath
Where did it happen?
Vichy
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Vichy
Event Date
Sept 7
Key Persons
Herschel Grynszpan
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Baron Ernest Von Rath
Outcome
grynszpan delivered to gestapo; von rath shot to death in 1938
Event Details
Herschel Grynszpan, held in prison since assassinating Baron Ernest Von Rath in Paris in November 1938, has been handed over to Gestapo by Vichy government of Petain and Laval.