On the day of the first Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses, 1 April 1933, his father conspicuously walked with a Jewish colleague through the centre of town. But in the university Roloff recalls "a great rush as the sheep willingly joined the SA [...] I don't think there was a single one of my friends and acquaintances who didn't join". In 1936 the family moved to the greater anonymity of Berlin.
The day of the initial Nazi protest against Jewish businesses, April 1, 1933, saw his father deliberately walking with a Jewish colleague through the town's main area. Nevertheless, in the university Roloff recalls "a large surge as the sheep readily enlisted in the SA [...] I don't believe there was a single one of my friends and acquaintances who didn't join". In 1936, the family moved to Berlin, seeking greater anonymity.