Re: Herschel Grynszpan

„It is generally believed that Grynszpan wanted to assassinate Johannes
von Welczeck, the German ambassador to France.[16] As he entered the
embassy Grynszpan walked past von Welczeck, who was leaving for his
daily morning walk. At 9:45 am, Grynszpan identified himself as a German
resident at the reception desk and asked to see an embassy official; he
did not ask for anyone by name. He claimed to be a spy with important
intelligence which he had to give to the most senior diplomat available,
preferably the ambassador. Unaware that he had just walked past von
Welczeck, Grynszpan asked if he could see "His Excellency, the
ambassador" to hand over the "most important document" he claimed to
have.[17] The clerk on duty asked Ernst vom Rath, the junior of the two
embassy officials available, to see him. When Grynszpan entered vom
Rath's office, vom Rath asked to see the "most important document".
Grynszpan pulled out his gun, and shot him five times in the abdomen.
According to the French police account, he shouted right before pulling
out his gun: "You're a filthy boche! In the name of 12,000 persecuted
Jews, here is the document!"“