Academic Antiquarian Bookshop - Fraenkel & Co

Eduard Fraenkel and his son Siegbert Martin founded the „ Akademisches Antiquariat Eduard Fraenkel“  at Artilleriestrasse 13 in Berlin on January 1, 1905. One year after the resignation of Eduard Fraenkel, Josef Altmann joined the antiquarian bookshop on January 1, 1914 as a co-owner, which from then on bore the name Akademisches Antiquariat Fraenkel & Co.“. In 1919, Siegbert Martin Fraenkel decided to leave the business and founded a new company under the name „S. Martin Fraenkel, Fachunternehmen für Buch- und Kunstversteigerungen“ a new company at Lützowstrasse 14. Josef Altmann, who was now the sole owner, continued to operate his antiquarian bookshop under the name „Fraenkel & Co. (Josef Altmann)“ from May 1919 at Lützowufer 13.