edo ▁Gallery , ▁New ▁York . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁the ▁Br ö han ▁Museum ▁showed ▁his ▁furn iture ▁in ▁the ▁exhibition ▁Deutschland ▁gegen ▁Frankreich ▁- ▁Der ▁K ampf ▁um ▁den ▁St il . ▁ ▁Cris is ▁and ▁Em igration ▁▁ ▁The ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁although ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁affect ▁Kauf mann ' s ▁firm ▁as ▁strongly ▁as ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁business ▁contacts , ▁caused ▁a ▁marked ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁comm issions ▁his ▁firm ▁received . ▁The ▁Mach ter gre if ung , ▁or ▁se iz ure ▁of ▁power ▁by ▁the ▁Naz i ▁Party ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁caused ▁Kauf mann ' s ▁partner ▁St ol zer ▁to ▁fle e ▁to ▁Palest ine ▁in ▁May ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁and ▁Kauf mann ▁himself ▁followed ▁St ol zer ▁to ▁Palest ine ▁in ▁September . ▁ ▁A ▁Moscow - based ▁the ater ▁group , ▁the ▁Hab ima ▁group , ▁wished ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁the ater ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Tel ▁Av iv . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁first ▁given ▁to ▁another ▁German ▁architect , ▁Er ich ▁M end el so hn , ▁but ▁the ▁bid ▁was ▁with dra wn ▁after ▁M end el so hn ▁showed ▁too ▁little ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁project . ▁It ▁was ▁then ▁offered ▁to ▁Kauf mann , ▁who ▁soon ▁accepted , ▁and ▁moved ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁Palest ine . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this ▁the ater , ▁he ▁built ▁a ▁cinema ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Ha ifa , ▁and ▁a ▁row ▁of