Hirschgrund 94d
Saxony
01814 Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna
Germany
The ‚Elbe-Sägewerk Schöna GmbH‘ had been owned by Emil Kaim and Albert Seligson from Berlin-Charlottenburg since 1921. They also ran sawmills in Berlin and Breslau. The Kaim couple regularly spent their vacations in their own house in Schöna na. After the Kaims were expelled from the town as Jews, at the end of 1938 the mayor of Sch na put the estate, which had possibly already gone bankrupt due to boycott measures, up for sale or lease. Kaim's entire property in Schöna was bought by the ‚Elbe-Sägewerk Schöna GmbH‘, which had been owned by Emil Kaim and Albert Seligson from Berlin-Charlottenburg since 1921. They also ran sawmills in Berlin and Breslau. The Kaim couple regularly spent their vacations in their own house in Schöna na. After the Kaims were expelled from the town as Jews, at the end of 1938 the mayor of Sch na put the estate, which had possibly already gone bankrupt due to boycott measures, up for sale or lease. Kaim's entire property in Schöna was bought by Alfred Kunze from Heidenau.
The Kaim couple were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in June 1943. The couple survived the ghetto and were able to leave for Switzerland in January 1945 with a transport of around 1,200 Jews.
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