The family fell on hard times when Jews were purged from positions of influence and her father , , lost his job with the newsreel company Gaumont . Her parents attempted to leave Germany after '' Kristallnacht '' in 1938 to escape the Nazi regime , but were unable to gain visas for other countries . Stella completed her education in 1938 , training as a fashion designer at the School of Applied Art in Nurnbergerstrasse
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Stella Kübler