In 1938 Nazi propagandists reacted furiously to the assassination of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan , a young Jewish man ; and this was used as a pretext for Kristallnacht . But according to historian Hans-Jürgen Döscher , the shooting was not politically motivated , as commonly believed , but the result of a homosexual love affair gone wrong . Grynszpan and Vom Rath had become intimate after they met in Le Boeuf sur le Toit , which was a popular hangout for gay men at the time
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Le Boeuf sur le Toit (cabaret)