On Kristallnacht , November 9 , 1938 , the Nazis began open war against the Jews , and his father 's synagogue in Wiesbaden was vandalized and shut down . While heading to the railroad station in an attempt to escape , his father was arrested by the Gestapo , confined to Buchenwald for ten weeks , and then released when he agreed to use his visa and leave Germany forever . His parents arrived as refugees in London in February 1939
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Joseph Asher