Glove and stocking factory - Heidenheim,Oppenheim & Co.

The roots of the glove and stocking factory Heidenheim, Oppenheim & Co. go back to the year 1879 when Gustav Heidenheim founded the fabric glove factory in Chemnitz on July 1, 1879. After the rented premises at Neustädter Markt became too small, the decision was made to build a new factory on the company's own property at Beckerstra<e 13. With its completion, the business area was also expanded with the addition of hosiery. In 1886, the brother-in-law Hugo Oppenheim joined the company. In 1898, health reasons caused Gustav Heidenheim to resign from his position. In his place, Adolph Goldschmidt joined the company as a partner. In 1901, Adolph Goldschmidt's brother Hermann Goldschmidt, who was 4 years younger, was granted power of attorney. From then on, Hugo Oppenheim and Adolph Goldschmidt continued to run the increasingly successful company. In order to meet the increasing demand, the company bought the Anna Arzberger knitted glove factory in 1903 and incorporated it into the parent company under the name Anna Arzberger Nachfolger. The ever-increasing turnover led to the construction of a new five-storey factory building in Adorfer Strasse in 1910. Adolph Goldschmidt died on December 24, 1916. Hermann Goldschmidt remained with the company as an authorized signatory until 1930. When Hugo Oppenheim learned in April 1921 of the death of his son, who had been drafted into military service in 1918, he died 10 days later on April 21, 1921 in the Buchwald City Hospital in Chemnitz. From then on, the company was run by his heirs. Hermann Goldschmidt left the company in 1930. Betty Oppenheimer continued to run the business until the company was deleted from the trade register in 1939. Stolpersteine in Chemnitz at Kurfürstenstraße 2 (now Puschkinstraße) commemorate the fate of Hermann, Gertrud and Ruth Goldschmidt. Stolpersteine were laid for Betty Oppenheim and her family on the Kaßberg at Weststraße 7a (formerly Weststraße 5) in 2018.