Wholesale of haberdashery and manufactured goods - Gebrüder Heymann

Eduard, Benno  and Sigmund Heymann initially founded the wholesale business for tailoring items Gebrüder Heymann in 1870. Later the wholesale business for clothing lining fabrics in Augsburg. In 1897, Sigmund Heymann's brother-in-law, Albert Dann, became a partner in the company and took over the business after Sigmund Heymann's death in 1905 (Sigmund died as a result of an appendectomy). He increases the company's range of short and manufactured goods and expands exports to countries such as Switzerland, Austria and the Balkan countries.
Clemy Heymann née Dann, becomes involved in social work after the death of her husband. She founds the "Brockensammlung", a project in which housewives, at home can deliver superfluous, well-preserved items, which are then given to needy poor people. Clemy Heymann also initiates the "Hauspflege" (home care), which provides families with an inexpensive substitute in cases of a sick housewife, and in emergencies also free of charge. She is also active in wartime welfare and for years is chairman of the Jewish Women's Association. Brother Albert Dann is in no way inferior to his sister in his commitment to associations, the Israelite community and public offices. in no way inferior. At the outbreak of the First World War, Albert Dann, aged 46, enlists as a war volunteer. He is an assessor at the Augsburg Labor and Merchants Court, belongs to the War Graves Commission (honorary board member) and is for many years synagogue and cemetery chairman of the Augsburg Israeli religious community.
In 1927 Albert Dann is awarded the title "Kommerzienrat". After the November pogrom in 1938, Albert Dann is imprisoned for several days. He has to sell his house, hand over all valuables, give up his company. In the end, all that remains for him is to emigrate with his wife to Palestine in March 1939.