Leather factory and trade en gros - M.G.Ledermann

The roots of the M.G.Ledermann company go back to the year 1832 in Schwarza. Meyer G. Ledermann founded the leather shop M.G.Ledermann there. Gustav Ledermann moved his father's leather shop to Gotha in 1867, initially to Am Hauptmarkt 25, then from 1872 to Am Hauptmarkt 13 and from 1873 to what is now Gutenbergstra<e 2. From 1876 Gustav Ledermann (1841-1915) ran the business together with his brother Moritz Ledermann (1850-1899). In 1879, the company moved to the newly purchased building at Huttenstrasse 14. In 1884, a tannery was set up in the former powder mill at today's Grünen Weg 16, which became the "Leder-Fabrik und - Handlung en gros" in 1895. The office and warehouse were located at Auguststra<e 14. From 1906, Max Ledermann (1875-1942) continued to run the company handed over to him by his father Gustav Ledermann until he was forced to close it in 1939. In order to avoid his imminent deportation to Belzyce in 1942, he committed suicide on May 12, 1942. He found his final resting place in the Jewish cemetery in Gotha. A stumbling block at Grünen Weg 16 now commemorates the fate of Max Ledermann.