On August 2nd 1938 , Jaramillo Arango arrived in Berlin with his nephew and personal assistant , Juan Vallejo Jaramillo . The chosen date to present credentials as ambassador to Adolf Hitler was November 15 . But , on November 9th , the Nazi paramilitary squadrons began brutally attacking the Jewish population and their stores , known as Kristallnacht – the initiation of the persecution of Jews by the Third Reich . The following day , November 10 , Ambassador Jaramillo , his assistant , and Rafael Rocha Schloss ( secretary of the embassy ) were arrested because they had been taking pictures of the impressive damage in Kurfürstendamm , from the diplomatic automobile . They were taken to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , where they were released two hours later . Due to these events , Hitler cancelled the appointment with the Colombian delegation
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Jaime Jaramillo Arango