Store for gallantry goods - J. Blumenstein

Joseph Blumenstein was born on 11.04.1828. The parents were Enslein Blumenstein and Getti, née Bernheimer. Joseph Blumenstein, a merchant and master weaver, was married to Doris Dormitzer, born in Baiersdorf on Oct. 12, 1837. In 1863 the couple bought the house - Am Marktplatz 5 -  and ran a weaving mill and a cut goods and hop trade in it. After the death of Joseph Blumenstein in 1891, the widow continued to run the business as a gallantry shop until 1915. Subsequently, four daughters continued to run the business as a manufactory and ready-made clothing store. In 1933 the sisters rented out the business and in 1935 moved to Nuremberg, where Berta Blumenstein lived in the Israelite old people's home. In 1938 Berta Blumenstein was still the sole owner of the business. In 1942 Berta Blumenstein received a visit from the operators of the store at 5 Adolf Hitler Street and sold the house. On September 10, 1942 Berta Blumenstein was deported from Nuremberg to Theresienstadt. On 14 January 1943 she came there to death.