Cheese factory Jakob Strauß

In 1896, the Jewish merchant Jacob Strauss from Eisenach set up a branch office in Kempten of the retail business he had founded in 1882. In 1904, he moved to Kempten with his family and continued the business he had founded in 1882. He ran the business successfully until 1919, when he handed it over to his youngest son Josef. Josef Strau< was one of the few Jewish house owners in Kempten and owned a detached house in Wytschaetestra<e in addition to the business premises in Immenstädter Straße. In February 1938, Josef Strauß emigrated to Liechtenstein. Three members of the Strauß family later died in a concentration camp.