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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst vom Rath has received more than 622,662 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ernst vom Rath is the 3,418th most popular politician (up from 4,188th in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,164th in 2019) and the 270th 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 3,418 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Ne Win, Louis I of Etruria, Kåre Willoch, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, and Sigeric. After him are Paul Deschanel, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Isaac Herzog, Adad-nirari II, and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ernst vom Rath ranks 36. Before him are Virginia Apgar, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jessica Tandy, Aleksandar Ranković, Leo Fender, and Stanislaw Ulam. After him are Matt Busby, Hélder Câmara, László Rajk, Oldřich Nejedlý, Princess Ileana of Romania, and Rollo May. Among people deceased in 1938, Ernst vom Rath ranks 36. Before him are Lev Shestov, Nikolai Kondratiev, Feodor Chaliapin, Otto Bauer, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, and Hans Christian Gram. After him are Yakov Yurovsky, Suzanne Lenglen, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Mary Mallon, and Ernst Barlach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 924 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Hallstein (1901), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Marie of Prussia (1825), Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845), Rudi Völler (1960), and Theodor Billroth (1829). After him are Udo Kier (1944), Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), and Friedrich Jeckeln (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernst vom Rath ranks 270. Before him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173), William II of Württemberg (1848), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), Walter Hallstein (1901), and Marie of Prussia (1825). After him are Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557), Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724), Albert of Saxony (1828), and Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835).

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