Mine owner - Eduard Elbogen

Eduard Elbogen was born in Prague on January 25, 1857. His parents were Jakob Samuel Elbogen, born in Prague in 1820, and Marie, née Schulhof, born in Prague on May 23, 1833. Both parents died in Vienna (1920 / 1922). Eduard Elbogen was married to Jenni Melanie Elbogen, née Kadelburg, born on October 23, 1864 in Budapest. The couple had four children - Lilli Agathe Elbogen; Auguste Klarmann; Dr. Edgar Dagobert Elbogen and Dr. Lothar Stefan Elbogen. Eduard Elbogen died on August 30, 1931 in Vienna. Jenni Melanie Elbogen was deported from Vienna to Theresienstadt on June 28, 1942. On September 23, 1942, she was transported on to Treblinka and subsequently murdered. The Eduard Elbogen company was founded in 1886. The initial sale of talc was followed at the turn of the century by the production of talcum powder. The purchase of a talcum mine on the Rabenwald, the Jocherl mine in Floing, the Hummelbauer mine also located on the Rabenwald and the acquisition of the Mittermühle mill heralded the beginning of a steadily growing expansion of the company, which over the decades developed into the most efficient company and market leader in its sector in Austria. In 1938, the company was sold far below its value as part of the so-called " Aryanization".