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What event directly triggered the Nazi regime’s decision to launch Kristallnacht?
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A protest by Jewish leaders in Berlin
A protest by Jewish leaders in Berlin

The assassination of a German official in Paris
The assassination of a German official in Paris

A speech by Adolf Hitler
A speech by Adolf Hitler

The assassination of a German official in Paris

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The assassination of a German official in Paris.

Specifically, on 7 November 1938 Herschel Grynszpan shot German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in the German Embassy in Paris; vom Rath died on 9 November and the Nazi regime used his death as the pretext to launch the Kristallnacht pogroms that night.