Fur Fashions D. Fiks

The master carpenter David Fiks (1893-1981) had passed his master craftsman's examination before the Berlin Chamber of Crafts in 1924. He then ran a business at Sebastianstraße 7. In 1933, he opened his new business in the Uhlandstraße 43.The studio of modern furs of David Fiks in Uhlandstra&szlig 43 advertised itself as a large warehouse of the finest furs;Individual customization«, »Fur reworking and modernization«, »Specialized fur preservation« and »trimmings of all kinds«.
During the November pogrom, the store was destroyed and fur goods were plundered. David Fiks hid first in the store, then in the attic in a neighboring house and then went into hiding in Steglitz.
The shop had to be closed at the end of 1938 in the course of the »elimination of Jews from German economic life«. It went to a »trustee« who liquidated it. The Fiks family emigrated to the USA via France.