"Benjamin Z. Maissner", Cantor and Music Director of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto and also Conductor and Music Director of Lachan, Toronto’s Jewish Chamber Choir, is the nephew of Israel Alter (1901-1979), the last chief cantor in Hanover`s "New Synagoge" before its destruction in 1938 by the Nazis in the so called "Kristallnacht". In 2013 Maissner and other members of his family had been comming for a few days to Hanover to commemorate Israel Alter ...