Ernst Sigmund was married to Kätchen Kaufmann. Ernst Sigmund was a businessman. He lived from 1927 to 1933 in Worms before he moved with his family to the Netherlands.
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Ernst Sigmund had found a hiding place in Huizen. Shortly before he was supposed to move in, he brought a few personal possessions there. The day before he himself was to move, he was arrested and deported. Some of Ernst Sigmund’s possessions have been preserved, including a set of cutlery.
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For additional information (in German) see the website on the Jewish community of Scheinfeld.
Ernst Sigmund came with his family to the Netherlands in 1933. He started a toy factory, ERSI (Ernst Sigmund), at Roomolenstraat 16-18 in Amsterdam.
Read more about this and about his connection to the toy factory SIO (Speelgoed Industrie Overijssel) at the website on the SIO factory.