Feuchtwanger was 14 when the Gestapo arrested his father on Nov. 10 , 1938 , part of the co-ordinated pogrom known as '' Kristallnacht '' , which included the detentions of 30,000 Jews in Germany and Austria , the deaths of 91 , and the widespread ransacking of Jewish-owned stores and synagogues . Edgar 's father Ludwig was then imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp , and 14-year-old Edgar 's sense of security crumbled
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Edgar Feuchtwanger