During Kristallnacht in 1938 his family was hiding ; shortly after Lebenstein and his family were brought to a Jewish house in Haltern . In January 1942 they came to the warehouse ( former exhibition hall on the " Wildenbruchplatz " ) to Gelsenkirchen . From there they were deported to Riga , where his father fell seriously ill and was soon killed by SS troops
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Alexander Lebenstein