▁private ▁apart ments . ▁However , ▁in ▁Palest ine ▁Kauf mann ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁att ain ▁the ▁same ▁success ▁and ▁reputation ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁att ained ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁On ▁top ▁of ▁that , ▁the ▁economic ▁situation ▁in ▁Palest ine ▁was ▁quite ▁poor , ▁so ▁much ▁so ▁that ▁Kauf mann ▁received ▁no ▁more ▁comm issions ▁after ▁ 1 9 3 7 . ▁ ▁Return ▁to ▁Europe ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁economic ▁situation , ▁Kauf mann ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁His ▁many ▁contacts ▁helped ▁him ▁on ▁his ▁journey , ▁but ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁kept ▁him ▁from ▁reaching ▁his ▁intended ▁final ▁destination , ▁England . ▁The ▁new , ▁restrict ive ▁travel ▁laws ▁also ▁made ▁it ▁impossible ▁for ▁Kauf mann ▁to ▁travel ▁back ▁to ▁Palest ine , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁British ▁prote ctor ate ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁After ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁Kauf mann ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁settled ▁in ▁Buch ar est , ▁Roman ia . ▁However , ▁the ▁rising ▁pressure ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Jewish ▁community ▁by ▁the ▁fasc ist ▁government ▁of ▁I on ▁Anton es cu ▁forced ▁them ▁to ▁move ▁once ▁again , ▁to ▁Hung ary . ▁The ▁situation ▁for ▁Jewish ▁war ▁refuge es ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁was ▁better ▁than ▁in ▁surrounding ▁countries , ▁but ▁still ▁gr im . ▁Kauf mann ' s ▁wife ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁surv ive ▁the ▁har sh ▁conditions ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁in ▁ 1