SIG GREW UP AS AN ONLY CHILD IN A SMALL FARMING COMMUNITY NEAR STUTTGART, GERMANY.

HIS FATHER WAS A CATTLE DEALER. RIGHT AFTER KRISTALLNACHT HIS FATHER WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO DACHAU.

SINCE HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I, HE WAS RELEASED.

A LOCAL PRIEST WARNED SIG’S FATHER TO LEAVE THE FAMILY LEFT THEIR NATIVE TOWN IN 1940.

THEY RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM THE HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS) AND EMIGRATED TO THE U.S.