According to Nazi ideology , the Montessori method was mainly propagated by " Jewish elements " and contributed to selfish and anti-national behavior . Consequently , Paula Fürst was forced to resign from her position as teacher in 1933 . In the same year , she became head teacher of the Theodor Herzl School of Berlin , a Zionist school with 600 students . As the Nazis tightened the grip on Jewish life in Berlin and Germany , conditions at the Herzl School deteriorated rapidly . Following the Kristallnacht of November 1938 , Leo Baeck offered Paula Fürst the position of head of all Jewish schools in Germany which she accepted . She also accompanied many children of the Kindertransport to London but refused to stay abroad although life for Jews in Germany had become unbearable and the beginning of World War II was imminent
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