Mina Schmalzbach remained behind in Bayreuth when Ruth had moved to Frankfurt. After the night of the pogrom in November of 1938, she moved back to Hechingen where Leon Schmalzbach was still living.

She had her own apartment at Frauengartenstrasse 10.

Her identity card, issued in Bayreuth already, now had a large J imprinted and she was additionally forced to bear the compulsory name Sara.