The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

= had been expelled from Germany and he assassinated the German diplomat, Ernst Won Rath.
 David Grynszpan, the father of HerscheI, had just come in from the fields where he and other Polish Jews expelled from Germany, eke out an existence. A short man, his beard woven with gray, he pulled the tattered bathrobe which serves him as an overcoat, closer around his bent shoulders.
 T don't know how Herschel could have done it." he said. Maybe it was despair. Maybe it was be- cause he had received letter from his mother and me saying we were being expelled from Germany. My wife and children were treated very roughly when we were expelled from our home at Hanover. I was badly beaten by Gestapo agent"
 (Herschel told Paris police that this motivated him.-Ed)
 But Herschel was always quiet boy"
 Long Search
 found the Grynszpan family, only after a long search among Pol ish Jewish refugees from Germany. But after found them it was not easy to get them to talk. They were afraid of making things worse; worried about Herschel and won-| dering what their own eventual lot would be. They spoke hesitantly even after long scrutiny of my credentials convinced them that I vas an American newspaperman.
 Father Grynszpan is 53 years old. His wife stood silent as he spoke with me. Herschel's brother, 1e, and . sister of 2l, stood by, their hands frequently moving in nervous ges- lures as the father spoke, apparently fearing he would be indiscreet. Sometimes they would nod their heads in agreement with what he eaid. Both of the youngsters were dark.haired with olive skin and deep brown eyes, resembling Her echel.
 Always Normal Boy
 "Herschel was always a normal boy" his father said. "He loved his brother and sister and parents. He loved them very much.
 "He was a thrifty boy end want cd to get ahead in life. But it wasn't easy. That was why he left Germany" He paused and looked directly at me. Tt is not true that Herschel illegally entered France He had a Belgian visa and went from Belgium to France in . legal manner.
 T don't know how he could have done such . thing in Paris. He will be l8 next March. In 1885 he went to the YeshiYa School at ErankfuTt-O -On-Main to take an agricultural course in preparation for migration to Palestine.
 We had to make sacrifices to permit him to do it, but he was the youngest son. We wanted him to get somewhere.
 Trouble Starts
 Three months later the trouble started in Palestine, ending chances that he could soon go there. After . short visit with relatives at Essen, the boy went to Belgium with visa I had been able to obtain for him.
 My brother, who Is in the cloth- ing business in Paris, had suggested that HerSchel go there. So he went on to Paris.
 ''But he was not able to get per- mission to work in Paris and SO he helped his uncle in his business.
 "Herschel had never taken any part in politics. The only organiza- tion he ever belonged to was the Misrachi (a Zionist group).
 We had not heard from him for about . year except on a few oc- casiouS. We knew he was unhappy because he had not been able to make progress. Once he wrote to US and said he did not want to make us unhappy with his troubles and suggested that perhaps 1t would be best If he stopped writing to us. After that we heard nothing more from him."
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 Grynszpan paused again, thought ftll.
 "But he had never been any trouble to us." he said. "Herschel always made good marks in school.%
 He said he had been in Germany for % years as a tailor at Hann- over.
 Then suddenly the new govern men came and overnight we were Pariahs," he continued. "My other son and daughter, both older than Herschel, were unable to get work. And human beings without work are only half alive.
 Since 1883, life for us has been . succession of tragedies. And now this has come upon us.
 T have heard nothing from