Zöllnerstraße 44
Lower Saxony
29221 Celle
Germany
In October 1922, Siegfried Wolff opened his manufacturing and fashion store at Zöllnerstraße 44. The business was completely destroyed and ransacked during the Pogrom Night. Fabrics left in front of the house were set on fire by the perpetrators. Wolff, who had been the first head of the Jewish community since December 1933, was sent to Oranienburg concentration camp. During his imprisonment, his wife Käthe sold the property and land under Nazi coercion. The business was closed on November 20, 1938.
After his release from prison and until their emigration on May 6, 1939, the couple lived in an apartment on the second floor of the house. Together with their son Herbert, they emigrated to Panama, where they did not meet up with their daughters Gerda and Eva, who had been taken to England on a Kindertransport, until 1945.
From: http://www.celle-im-ns.de/orte/manufaktur-und-modewaren-wolff
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