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Several appeals were launched to raise money for Grynszpan's defense.

In the U. S., Thompson launched an appeal which raised more than $ 40, 000 in a few weeks: she asked that Jews not donate to the fund, so that the Nazis could not attribute Grynszpan's defense to a Jewish conspiracy.

Jewish organizations also raised money.

In the immediate aftermath of the assassination, two Paris Jewish lawyers, Szwarc and Vésinne-Larue, were engaged by the Grynszpan family.

Once the case became internationally known the family sought a well known lawyer and retained < span class =" plainlinks "> Isidore Franckel </ span > one of Paris's leading advocates and President of the Central Committee of the Alliance of Revisionists-Zionists, also known as Hatzohar.

Isidore Franckel wanted a well known non-Jewish lawyer as co-counsel and engaged Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, a flamboyant Corsican, leading anti-fascist activist and a former Education Minister in Radical government of Édouard Herriot and a Yiddish-speaking lawyer, Serge Weill-Goudchaux, as his associate.

Legal fees and costs were paid by Dorothy Thompson's defense fund.