After the annexation of Austria in March 1938 , Morgenstern soon became the target of the anti-Semitic policy of the National Socialists . After the Kristallnacht , his business was closed by the authorities , and on 24 November 1938 , it was " aryanized " , i.e. Morgenstern was forced to sell it to an Aryan . However , the purchase price of 620 Reichsmark for workshop , shop and an extensive warehouse was never paid . Morgenstern was also deprived of his license to practice his trade ; he was banned from working . In the following months , he depended on public generosity
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Samuel Morgenstern