Hamburger & Littauer ready-made clothing store (Brunswick)

Hamburger & Littauer was a store run by Jewish merchants Simon Hamburger and Nathan Littauer in Brunswick. The ready-made clothing store was founded in 1888 and was located in the house at Kohlmarkt 3-4 in the city center. The fashion store was very successful until the Second World War and Jewish boycott of Jewish stores during the Nazi regime. From May 1, 1933, the company was Aryanized and bore the name "Rosbach & Risse". The owners of the Hamburger & Littauer company were Paula Rosbach and Siegfried Fröhlich. Friedrich Wilhelm Risse, NSDAP member joined the company in 1932 and after Fröhlich, who was Jewish, was imprisoned and Rosbach was forced out, he remained the sole owner of the company. After World War II, the property was confiscated and did not reopen until 1952. The Risse family continued to run the business until it was sold in 1992.