Alexander "Alex" Steiner is a tailor, living on Himmel Street and makes suits. He is the father of the six Steiner children.
After his son, Rudy, was accepted into the army to train to be a General, he refuses to let him go, resulting in himself being sent to join the army.
Alex Steiner made a very valid point to his son Rudy about not going around acting like a Black person when he was impersonating Jesse Owens, because they were being persecuted by Hitler, along with the Jews. Rudy asks why at least 3 times and the last response his father told him was, "Because I said so."