Situation in Germany

Beginning  in 1933 anti-Jewish laws were instituted even against children in Nazi Germany. The number of Jewish children in each school was limited to a maximum of 1.5%. They could not join in school sports or games; they were considered secondary beings,  not citizens.

It was these circumstances that eventually prompted parents to seek a refuge for their children outside of Nazi control even though their own fate was bleak, uncertain, or they realized their survival was not even a possibility. The projected fate of all Jews could easily be recognized. As Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf,

"Right now, anti-Semitism, however, must lead to a systematic legal opposition.... its final objectives must unswervingly be the removal of Jews altogether."