Nevertheless , Moro-Giafferi is best known for a case that never actually went to trial . He was asked to defend the Polish-German assassin Herschel Grynszpan , who was accused of murdering minor German diplomat Ernst vom Rath . The assination had geo-political consequences as the Nazis used the incident to initiate an act of state terrorism against the Jews in Germany in the events of Kristallnacht . Moro-Giafferi was preparing his defense when the Germans invaded France
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Vincent de Moro-Giafferi