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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst vom Rath has received more than 672,891 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst vom Rath is the 3,518th most popular politician (down from 3,408th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from Germany (down from 924th in 2019) and the 271st 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 3,518 out of 19,576. Before him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Emperor Kinmei, Emperor Kōgen, Andrew Dickson White, and Lycurgus of Athens. After him are Henry II, Duke of Austria, Alfonso II of Asturias, Antiochus VIII Grypus, Emperor Seimu, Emperor Ping of Han, and Shimazu Yoshihiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ernst vom Rath ranks 38. Before him are Oldřich Nejedlý, Jessica Tandy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Edward Tatum, Miep Gies, and Matt Busby. After him are Leo Fender, Alain Poher, Hélder Câmara, Vicente Feola, László Rajk, and Colonel Tom Parker. Among people deceased in 1938, Ernst vom Rath ranks 36. Before him are Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, Suzanne Lenglen, Otto Bauer, Hans Christian Gram, and Feodor Chaliapin. After him are Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Andrej Hlinka, Ernst Barlach, and Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 956 out of 7,253. Before him are Robert Aumann (1930), Edith Frank (1900), Margot Frank (1926), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Kurt Eisner (1867), and Günther Rall (1918). After him are Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), and Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 271. Before him are Harald Quandt (1921), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Edith Frank (1900), and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636). After him are Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), Erhard Heiden (1901), Paul Blobel (1894), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), and Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443).

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