The hardware store „ L. Weil "  was founded in 1868 by Leonhardt Weil. Five years later (1873), Leonhardt Weil took on his former authorized signatory Emil Reinhardt as a partner. From this point on, the company operated under the name " L. Weil & Reinhardt ". Sally, who had been working in the business since his apprenticeship, also became a partner in the company on July 15, 1885. Louis Weil retired from the business at the beginning of 1896. At the end of the 19th century, the company expanded with a branch in the Rheinauhafen.

The new synagogue in Moorish-Byzantine style was built in 1863/1864 on the same site as the synagogue on Judengasse (Häuserzeile on the western city wall), which was demolished at the beginning of 1860, and consecrated in 1864. After the deportation of the last remaining Jewish inhabitants of Mährisch Weißkirchen to concentration and extermination camps in 1942, the interior of the synagogue was donated to the Central Jewish Museum in Prague. The synagogue building itself was preserved and has been a protected cultural monument since 1988.

The address book of the city of Hanover in 1873 contains the first entry: Berend & Gottschalk, Bankgeschäft, Inh: Banq. Sally Berend u. Kaufmann Louis Gottschalk.1930 address book contains the following entry: Berend & Gottschalk, Bank, Edelmetalle, Rathenauplatz 7, T. 36241, Tel-Adr: Berengo, ( BK Reichsbankgiro, Postscheckkto Hannover 368 ), owned by Karl Gottschalk and Arthur Buschhoff. - Louis Gottschalk was born on January 31, 1839 in Burgdorf. He was married to Henriette Rothschild, born on October 5, 1849 in Köln.

Max Simon was born on August 10, 1850 in Werden an der Ruhr. His parents were the textile merchant Herz Simon and Bella Simon, née Kaufmann. Max Simon had seven siblings - three sisters and four brothers. Max Simon was the third youngest. Max Simon was married to Rosalie den Arend. Rosalie was born in Rotterdam on November 1, 1855. Her parents were Andries Aron den Arend and Hijacinthe, née Bles. On June 26, 1877  Max and Rosalie married in Rotterdam.  Max Simon and his brothers Siegmund and Friedrich moved to Osnabrück.

Israel ( Julius ) Polak was born on November 4, 1879 in Gouda, the Netherlands. His parents were Hartog Polak, born on April 20, 1847 in Goor / Netherlands and Dina Engers, born on September 8, 1854 in Winschoten / Netherlands. Julius Polak was married to Regina Polak, née Meyenberg, born on April 19, 1881 in Adelebsen. The couple had four children -Friedrich Karl (Fritz), born on August 24, 1904 in Adelebsen.

Albert Einstein, born in Ulm in 1879, only spent a few months of his childhood in the city of his birth. Nevertheless, he always remained closely connected to his family, who continued to live in Ulm. The museum of an Ulm family is located in the historic „Engländer“ am Weinhof, where the Einstein family once lived and worked. The family ran a bedspring factory here.

The Lauder Schools of Prague - a kindergarten, boarding school and grammar school for Jews in Prague - is located in a historic building at 67/25 Belgická, which housed a Jewish orphanage before the Second World War. In July 1941, the world premiere of the children's opera “Brundibár” took place there, which later became a symbol of hope for children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The orphanage was dissolved in 1942 and the building was occupied by the Hitler Youth.

Dr. Albert Steiner was born on September 26, 1896 in Göppingen as the son of a lawyer.  He was admitted to the Göppingen District Court from the end of 1923 and to the Ulm Regional Court from the beginning of 1924.  With the „Fünften Verordnung zum Reichsbürgergesetz“ of September 27, 1938, the admission of Jewish lawyers was revoked as of November 30, 1938. This was the conclusion of the National Socialists' plan (Law on Admission to the Bar of April 7, 1933) to withdraw the admission of Jewish lawyers. Following this decree in 1938, Dr.

Immediately after the occupation of the remaining territories of Czechoslovakia by the Third Reich, the Czech patriot and Jewish manufacturer and art collector Jindřich Waldes was arrested by the Gestapo on September 1, 1939. On September 1, 1939, he was arrested by the Gestapo and forced to hand over part of his art collection to the National Gallery. On September 10, 1939, he was deported to the Dachau concentration camp. On September 26 of the same year, he was transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Metallwarenfabriken Waldes & Co. was founded on July 1, 1902 by Hynek Puc and Jindřich Waldes in Prague. The company specialized in the manufacture of press studs. There were further operations in Dresden (from 1904), New York (from 1919 Waldes Kohinoor Inc.), Barcelona (from 1921 Waldes y Cia), London (from 1922), Paris, Vienna and Warsaw.

The company was Aryanized and from 1939 operated under the name KOH-I-NOOH Metallwarenfabrik Puc und Merzinger

Today, the company still exists as KOH-I-NOOR a.s. in Prague.