Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen-year-old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti-Semitic violence and terror known as the Kristallnacht, the pogrom still seen as an initiating event of the Holocaust

After learning about Nazi persecution of his family, Herschel Grynszpan (pronounced "Greenspan"), an impoverished seventeen-year-old Jew living in Paris, bought a small handgun and on November 7, 1938, went to the German embassy and shot the first German diplomat he saw. When the man died two days later, Hitler and Goebbels made the shooting their pretext for the great state-sponsored wave of anti-Semitic terror known as Kristallnacht, still seen by many as an initiating event of the Holocaust.

Overnight, Grynszpan, a bright but naive teenagerâ€•and a perfect political nobodyâ€•was front-page news and a pawn in a global power struggle. When France fell, the Nazis captured Grynszpan after a wild chase and flew him to Berlin. The boy became a privileged prisoner of the Gestapo while Hitler and Goebbels plotted a massive show trial to blame "the Jews" for starting World War II. A prisoner and alone, Grynszpan grasped Hitlerâ€™s intentions and waged a battle of wits to sabotage the trial, knowing that even if he succeeded, he would certainly be murdered. The battle of wits was close, but Grynszpan finally won. Based on the newest research, Hitlerâ€™s Pawn is the richest telling of Grynszpanâ€™s story to date.
Country USA
Brand Counterpoint
Manufacturer Counterpoint
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 33130505
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2019-01-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781640091443

Country	USA
Brand	Counterpoint
Manufacturer	Counterpoint
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	33130505
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2019-01-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781640091443

Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

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