The Herzheim family in the house at Westernstraße 2, which was also a department store

At the end of the 19th century, Hermann Herzheim had a new store built with shop windows up to the 2nd floor. Later, his grandsons remodeled the store in the style of modern department store architecture. 1925 marked the 100th anniversary of the Herzheim department store. During the Nazi era, the Herzheim family also came under pressure due to calls for a boycott. In May 1938, they were forced to sell the business for less than it was worth. Karl-Theo Herzheim, the last owner, and his wife were only able to escape deportation and survive the Shoah by fleeing to the British Mandate. Karl-Theo Herzberg returned to Paderborn with his second wife Edith and their son Moshe in 1950. He became a founding member of the newly founded Jewish community in 1953 and was its chairman from 1958. He moved to Berlin in 1961, where he died in 1966. His son Moshe remained in Paderborn until 1978 and then moved to Tel Aviv. The former Herzheim department store was largely destroyed during the Second World War. After lengthy settlement negotiations, the properties at Westernstrasse 2 and Marienplatz 20 were returned to Herzheim in return for a compensation payment. In 1954, the Küster department store took over the properties and erected a new building. This was followed by the department store. This was demolished in 2005 and the current new building for the Thalia bookshop was erected.