Several south-eastern countries such as former Yugoslavia , Bulgaria , Romania , Greece , and Hungary all began selling products in Leipzig by 1938 which helped Germany follow through with its promise to prioritize importation which in turn helped to improve the German economy . Former Yugoslavia began selling higher priority items at the Leipzig Trade Fair in the late 1930s and increased its participation in the fair . Further segregation was implemented as police force requested that benches in the Rosenthal be reserved for Aryans only and marked as such . The Orthodox Rabbi , David Ochs spoke at the Lehrhaus and urged his audience of 700 Jews to emigrate to Palestine by speaking of the educational and religious freedoms it offered . Kristallnacht , an attack on the Jews of Germany and Austria , occurred in November and forever changed the lives of Jews in Leipzig by opening their eyes to the true antisemitic opinions of their neighbors . November 1938 is when the deportation of German Jews began . Jews and other non-Germans were prohibited by the German government from holding positions in the Gemeinde in early April which resulted in the loss of 51 of the 149 members . By 1939 , 22 % of the Jews in Leipzig were expelled , detained , or removed by other means
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
History of Leipzig from 1933–1939