A story about one Newfane man’s journey to learn what happened to his grandfather who was killed in a concentration camp during world war II.

What happened to him was a mystery, to his own parents for decades.

Ron Altbach grew up in a small town.

But the classically trained pianist didn’t have a traditional path: He said, “My friends came over, and formed a band and recorded a song called, “Dancing In the Moonlight, which is a remarkable phenomena.”

Music has been his story, both past and present. But now, an unexpected twist about where he came from.

Almost 2 years ago, he got a call from a long lost cousin-living in Prague. Altbach said, “She said, “my grandfather was your grandfather’s brother. I was shocked because i hadn’t heard anybody had survived anything.”

Growing up, the horrors of the Holocaust, were not something that was dinner table conversation for the Altbachs. “There was very little talk about that era,” said Altbach.

All he knew, was his father stayed three months in Dachau, a German concentration camp.  He also new his grandfather, Nathan

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