Kingsley became a member of a Zionist youth movement and at the age of 15 left Germany in 1938 , a few days before Kristallnacht and joined kibbutz Ein Harod , Mandatory Palestine , while his parents stayed behind at that time . At the kibbutz he taught himself to play the piano . He joined the Hagana Jewish Settlement Police ( Notrim ) and also played jazz in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem . He studied at the Jerusalem conservatory of music
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Gershon Kingsley