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The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan

On November 7, 1938, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan shot Ernst vom Rath, a Nazi diplomat, igniting the campaign of terror that started two days later and came to be known as Kristallnacht. Join author Jonathan Kirsch and his son Adam Kirsch, literary critic and journalist, as they discuss the new book The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan and reexamine the historical details and moral dimensions of one of World War II’s most enigmatic cases.











When: Mon., Nov. 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 W. 16th St.
212-294-8330
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On November 7, 1938, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan shot Ernst vom Rath, a Nazi diplomat, igniting the campaign of terror that started two days later and came to be known as Kristallnacht. Join author Jonathan Kirsch and his son Adam Kirsch, literary critic and journalist, as they discuss the new book The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan and reexamine the historical details and moral dimensions of one of World War II’s most enigmatic cases.

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