Emmy and Ernst Rubensohn

Residential home of Emmy and Ernst Rubsehnsohn from 1936/37-1938.

After the November pogrom in 1938, Ernst Rubensohn was forced to sell his shares in the family company – apparently even at market prices. The couple moved to Berlin, to a villa in Grunewald, to prepare for their own emigration. The Rubensohns had to sell their house in Kassel and almost all of their possessions in order to finance their emigration. Ultimately, their only option was to flee to Shanghai, where they could enter without a visa.