The funeral procession of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath (1909 - 1938) in Dusseldorf, 17th November 1938. Vom Rath was assassinated in Paris by a Jewish teenager named Herschel Grynszpan. The assassination was taken as a pretext by the Nazi regime for its launch of the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews in Germany. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)