Master tanner and tradesman - Samuel Stern

The recipient of the postcard was Hermann Stern. Hermann Stern was born in Feuchtwangen on November 1, 1885. His parents were Samuel Stern, born in Feuchtwangen on May 12, 1855, and Fanny Gutmann, born in Hainsfarth on May 8, 1861. Samuel Stern was a merchant and master tanner and, according to the address, also a tannery owner. He died on June 23, 1933 in Feuchtwangen at the age of 72. He found his final resting place in the Jewish cemetery in Schopfloch together with his wife Fanny, who succeeded him on February 21, 1936. Hermann Stern had another brother, David Stern, born on September 23, 1887 in Feuchtwangen. He was a grammar school pupil in Schwäbisch Hall. Nothing is known about his further fate. Hermann Stern married Elli Karoline Wien in Lugano, Switzerland, on May 28, 1926 and lived in Milan, Italy, from March 28, 1927. Their son Bruno Stern was born there on November 4, 1927.