Ernst vom Rath, a junior legation secretary, took Grynszpan into an office, whereupon the diminutive refugee produced the handgun and shot the German aristocrat twice.
The American legation was taken from Berlin by special train to the town of Bad Nauheim, where it was interned, incommunicado, under the supervision of the Gestapo.
Perhaps because the U.S. is a country which places less emphasis on big government and more on business the U.S. legation is a relatively small affair, tucked away on the 4th floor of a non-descript building in Perth.