LESUNG: Isay Rottenbergs Zigarrenfabrik

In the organizer's words:

An incredible story that only came to light in 2015. A phone call about stolen Jewish property puts Hella and Sandra Rottenberg on the trail. Their grandfather, Isay Rottenberg, an entrepreneur from Amsterdam, bought the Deutsche Zigarren-Werke in Döbeln near Dresden in Saxony in 1932. Using mechanical production methods, he restructured the economically ailing company in the middle of the Third Reich. The Aryan competition is fuming. But as long as Rottenberg, who is Jewish, provides work for many hundreds of people in difficult times, even die-hard Nazis are unable to drive him out. With courage and perseverance, he is able to hold out for a few more years.