To help his Jewish workers and colleagues , Leitz quietly established what has become known among historians of the Holocaust as the " Leica Freedom Train , " a covert means of allowing Jews to leave Germany in the guise of Leitz employees being assigned overseas . Employees , retailers , family members , even friends of family members were " assigned " to Leitz sales offices in France , Britain , Hong Kong and the United States . Leitz 's activities intensified after the Kristallnacht of November 1938 , during which synagogues and Jewish shops were burned across Germany
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Leica Freedom Train