Max Knopf was born on April 30, 1857 in Birnbaum in the former Prussian province of Posen. In 1881, Max came to Karlsruhe with his siblings Simon, born in 1845, Hedwig Johanna, born in 1847, Albert, born in 1850, Moses Moritz, born in 1852, Johanna, born in 1854, Eva, born in 1861 and his parents Ruben Knopf and Henriette Knopf, née Baumann. In the same year, on April 3, 1881, Max Knopf and his sister Johanna Knopf opened a shop for linen, linen and white goods under the name "Geschwister Knopf".

On 23 July 1942, the Jewish lawyer Dr. Karel Prager, born 18 July 1888 in Belá (Žilina), was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto together with his wife Ida Pragerová (born 12 August 1902 in Prague) and their son Tomy Prager (born 22 April 1928 in Prague). From there, they were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp on 26.01.1943 and murdered.

Daughter Eva Pragerová (born 1931) was able to flee to Great Britain on a Kindertransport in 1939.

Štěpánka Mikešová, née Löwingerová lived in Liditz / Ldice in house no. 93 and was denounced by her landlady Alžběta Doležalová because of her Jewish origin and was arrested on June 2, 1942 by the Protectorate gendarmes Evžen Ressl and František Caba. On June 2, 1942, she was arrested by the Protectorate gendarmes Evžen Ressl and František Caba and handed over to the Gestapo in Kladno. The arrest took place a few days before the massacre and the destruction of the village under the command of the SS. On August 17 of the same year, she was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The Stuttgart address book 1919 contains the following entries: Löwenstein u. Comp., Baumwollwarenfabrik, Teilh.Henriette Löwenstein We. und Paul Löwenstein, Sonnenbergstr.21 Eg. - Löwenstein Henriette, Kaufmanns We., part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Sonnenbergstr. 21. 1.u.2. - Löwenstein Paul, Kaufmann, part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Gartenstr.21. Eg. Cannstatt. - Henriette Löwenstein, née Seeligmann was born in Karlsruhe on March 1, 1814. She was married twice - her first marriage was to Heinrich Lahnstein, born in Bockenheim around 1794, who died in Stuttgart on January 9, 1838.

Eduard Lichtblau, known as " Rudolf " was born in Vienna on April 16, 1837. His parents were Jakob Lichtblau, born on April 14, 1811 in Senica ( Szenitz ) and Marie Lichtblau, née M ller, born on October 17, 1814 in Senica.

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.