Machine factory A. Freundlich

Transport of anenormous copper compressor from the works to the main station. Abraham Freundlich used the opportunity of a Düsseldorf visit by the famous "Hagenbeck Circus" to borrow two elephants from the circus to transport the boiler to the station. This was much to the pleasure of a crowd who enjoyed that spectacle .

In 1902, for the Industrie und Gewerbeausstellung Düsseldorf (Industrial and Commercial Fair) MAF installed, nine years before Carrier in the USA brought that product to the market, the first air conditioning system in the so-called Kunstpalast, one of the central exhibition halls. The exhibition which attracted 5 million visitors, was modelled on the world exhibition in Paris in 1900, stood under the patronage of the crown prince who opened the exhibition on 1.May 1902. The photograph below shows the crown prince visiting the exhibition with Abraham Freundlich in the background

A. Freundlich Maschinenfabrik. The 1888 founded company has been transferred into Aryan ownership through the sale by the current owners to new owners Hermann Helm and Gustav Walter.

Restitution took place good two years before restitution laws had been passed in Germany. The circumstances were dramatic. The son of the deceased Herrmann Helm (Robert) had been caught trying to steal the companies cash by an employee in June 1948. The employee contacted Otto Marcus in London, who at short notice traveled to Düsseldorf to confront Helm on July 30. He threatened him with criminal charges unless the company was restored immediately to the family.The notary deed was signed the same day. Thus the family became "de-facto" owners again. "De-jure" they had to wait until the necessary laws were in place in 1950.