Adolf Hitler himself sent his two best doctors , personal physician Karl Brandt and surgeon Georg Magnus , to Paris to try to save vom Rath 's life . Hitler promoted vom Rath , who had been a junior officer at the embassy , to the rank of Legal Consul , First Class ( '' Gesandtschaftsrat I. Klasse '' ) hours before vom Rath 's death on 9 November at 17:30 ( 5:30 p.m. ) . '' Kristallnacht '' was launched within hours
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Ernst vom Rath