With the rise to power of the Nazi party in 1933 , Gertrude faced increasing difficulties in Germany because of her Jewish heritage . During this time her father was arrested and jailed , and although he and his wife were able to flee to Switzerland upon his release , they later returned to Germany and perished in The Holocaust . Gertrude remained in Germany until the completion of her Ph.D. in 1935 , at which point she fled to London . Although Gertrude 's parents did not escape the Nazis her sister Liselotte did
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber