Mazzen bakery and store for country products Jakob Hirschenberger

Before the renovation of the large yellow house in Rathausstraße, one could still decipher the faded inscription "J. Hirschenberger Landesprodukte" on the facade. Jakob Hirschenberger was the last matzo baker here in the village, he also ran a trade with grain and country products in his house. For 14 years he was a respected member of the Laudenbach local council. On March 29, 1933, he had to resign from office under pressure from the National Socialists. Together with his second wife Lina, he made it possible for his four children to escape from Germany in time. The parents Lina and Jakob Hirschenberger were deported to Izbica on April 25, 1942 and probably murdered in the Belzec concentration camp. 

At seasonal times, ten to twelve people, including Christian employees, worked in the Hirschenberger matzo bakery. To ensure the strict purity of the breads, all employees had to undergo the prescribed Jewish purity laws. The matzo bakery in Laudenbach was a large operation. The breads produced were not only sold in the village itself, but were delivered by carts and by train to the entire region.