Am Schützenhaus 9
02826 Görlitz
Germany
The beginnings of the Ephraim hardware store date back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1902 the company moved to the site with a railway siding behind the Schützenhaus on Zittauer Strasse. Iron and iron structures of the Ephraim Eisenhandlung were used for well-known new buildings in Gürlitz before 1914: hospital, new barracks, hall of fame, joint-stock brewery, town hall, department store, town theater and also the hall complex of the Ephraim Eisenhandelsgesellschaft at the Schützenhaus in Gürlitz Südstadt. The son of the company founder, Martin Ephraim (1860–1944), spent several years in Brussels and England after his apprenticeship in the family business (from 1878) in order to learn the new experiences of the industry. In 1883 he joined the Gürlitz company as a partner, from 1891 to 1911 he was the owner, and after the conversion into a GmbH (limited liability company) he was its managing director for some time. Persecuted by the Nazis, Ephraim's life ended in Theresienstadt in 1944. Source: Network Industrial Culture Görlitz
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The beginnings of the Ephraim ironmongery date back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1902, the company moved to the site with railway siding behind the Schützenhaus on Zittauer Straße. Iron and iron constructions of Ephraim Eisenhandlung were used for well-known new buildings in Görlitz before 1914: hospital, new barracks, hall of fame, stock brewery, town hall, department store, town theater and also the hall complex at the Schützenhaus. In 1921/22 the Kontor building was built above on Zittauer Strasse.
Source: Görlitz Industrial Culture Network
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