In 1925 , Friedmann began teaching at the Odenwald School , a private boarding school in Heppenheim , Germany . In 1926 , he began teaching at Samson School , a Jewish school in Wolfenbüttel . In July 1928 , he passed his science exam in Cologne and in October 1929 , he passed his teaching exam in Berlin . For a time , he conducted scholarly research in Königs Wusterhausen and in 1932 , he was hired to be the director of Landschulheim Caputh . He was granted his teaching certificate from the Potsdam school administration on May 2 , 1932 , less than a year before the Nazi Party seized power and shortly thereafter , began to prohibit Jewish educators from teaching at " German " schools , requiring that they work at strictly Jewish schools . 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
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Fridolin Friedmann