Schayja came to the Netherlands in December 1938. He lived in the Dommelhuis in Eindhoven and for a short while in Wieringen (but he was not a Zionist) but he went back to Eindhoven, where he was trained to be a cabinet maker.
Schayja had many medical mishaps.
In early 1940 it looked like he might emigrate to the US any moment.
His parents were still in Hamburg and longing to see their son. In 1…
Schaiya Oskar Rosenberg werd Charly genoemd. Hij zat in het eerste transport naar Auschwitz van 15 juli 1942. Hij behoorde tot de groep van 100 'Alte Lagerinsassen' van Westerbork die voor dit eerste transport werden geselecteerd.