German-American Shoe Company

Samuel Knoblauch was the founder of the " German-American Shoe Company ". He was born on June 20, 1871 in Tarnow, Galicia. His parents were Hirsch Zeew Knoblauch, a merchant in Berlin, and Paula Knoblauch, née Hirsch. On August 24, 1900 in Kurnik he married Ida Knoblauch, née Perl, merchant, born on January 27, 1869 in Kurnik. The couple had three children - Hermann, born on 12.04.1902 in Munich, - Louis, born on 06.01.1905 in Munich and Elsa, born on 28.10.1907 in Munich. Elsa Knoblauch became managing director of a branch of D.A.S. at the age of 21. The German-American Shoe Company also ran a mail-order shoe business and acquired a large clientele with an illustrious catalog with a wide range of shoes.Elsa met Erich Eisner in 1927. However, it was only after the death of Elsa's father in 1933 that Erich and Elsa were able to get engaged and married on June 26, 1934 in the Liberal Synagogue at Reichenbachstrasse 24 in Munich. Samuel Knoblauch was the first chairman of the united synagogue associations Linath Hazedek and Agudath Achim. He initiated the construction of the synagogue at Reichenbachstra<e 27 and died on February 11, 1933 in Munich, where he was laid to rest in the New Israelite Cemetery.After his so-called protective custody in the Dachau concentration camp following the Reichspogromnacht, Erich Eisner emigrated to Bolivia via England in the spring of 1939, where his family only followed him a year later.