 In 1937, while continuing to teach in Caputh on the weekend, Friedmann began working at a private secondary school ("realgymnasium") in Berlin which had been set up by the Berlin Jewish community.Following Kristallnacht, in November 1938, England agreed to accept 10,000 refugee children and a series of Kindertransports were set up.Friedmann accompanied several of them, remaining himself in 1939.