Copy documents re Herschel Grynszpan

Identifier
WL1605
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70104
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

On 5 March 1944 he was captured by the Russians near Lublinca. He stayed in various POW camps in Nowosibirsk, Moscow and Stalinowgorsk. According to the embassy of the USSR in West Germany, he was sentenced to 25 years hard labour in 1949 for 'Crimes against the Soviet people during the war by Fascist Germany'. On 14 October 1955 he was released and he returned to Germany, where he lived with his family in Limbach, until re-arrest by the German authorities in 1960. He was tried and convicted of murder, incitement and accessory to murder on numerous counts, in August 1961. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but released on parole in November 1970.

Archival History

The originals are held at the Centre du Documentation Juive Contemporaine, Paris.

Acquisition

photocopied documents relating to Rath and Grynszpan; sh. doc.

Donated March 1999

Donor: Jasper

Scope and Content

This collection comprises copy documents relating to the Herschel Grynszpan/ Ernst vom Rath affair. In addition there is a covering note containing commentary on the documents from Vincent Frank-Steiner.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

Subjects

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