'Elbschloss Malzfabrik' - Brach & Hahn family

Immediately after the transfer of power to the Nazis, anti-Semitic measures were taken against the ‚Elbschloss Malzfabrik‘.

Alfred Brach, Arthur and Rudi Hahn were investigated for alleged violations of foreign currency regulations, and Alfred Brach received a letter at the beginning of May 1935 stating that he was to be expelled from the German Reich. His lawyer successfully appealed against this, but he subsequently received various fines. Arthur Hahn, on the other hand, was denied entry to Germany in February 1938 on suspicion of violating foreign currency regulations; he was staying in Teplice-Šanov in Czechoslovakia at the time. Rudi Hahn was therefore detained by the Gestapo for two weeks in the police prison in Dresden's Schießgasse on February 8, 1938. He was then transferred to the remand prison at Münchener Platz for ten weeks before being taken to the Schießgasse again. He was released from prison on June 10, 1938.

Between 1934 and 1937, the Brach and Hahn families spent an increasing number of vacations in Czechoslovakia. These stays were primarily used to transfer assets to foreign bank accounts.

As early as 1936, Luise and Leonhard Brach fled to Czechoslovakia and later on to Paterson/New Jersey (USA) via Cuba.

Alfred Brach fled to New York via Jamaica and Cuba at the beginning of 1939, arriving there in March 1940.

Robert Brach and his wife Stephanie fled to Paterson via Shanghai and Cuba in December 1940.

Julia and Jakob Hahn left Germany in March 1938 and also went to Teplice-Šanov, later to London. Rudi Hahn emigrated to London with his wife Lissy Hahn in September 1938.

The malt factory in Schöna was forcibly sold to the entrepreneurs Kwasny and Damm on November 1, 1938.