Ernst Wallach

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In the address book of the city of Berlin 1912 the following entry can be found: Wallach Ernst, Kaufmann,W30, Habsburgerstr.2 II. The following entry can be found in the 1929/1930 edition of the Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin: Wallach Eva, W 30 Habsburger Straße 2. - Ernst Wallach was born on August 29, 1864 in Görlitz. His parents were Hermann Naphtali Joseph Wallach, born on March 16, 1838 in Lichtenau, and Henriette Stern, born on February 6, 1842 in Soest.

Cotton goods factory - Leopold Abeles

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In Adolph Lehmann's allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger : nebst Handels- u. Gewerbe-Adressbuch für d.k.k. Reichshaupt- u. Residenzstadt from the year 1864 contains the following entry: Abeles Leopold, Flachsgarn-, Baumwoll- und Leinwaren-Fabrik, Salzthorg. 1. - 1878 contains the following entry: Abeles Leopold, k. R., Hdls.- Ger.- Beis., Baumwollwarenfabrik, Bes. d. r. gld. Med. am  B. d. Stan.-O., F... Werderthorg. 17 - 1900 then Leopold Abeles & Söhne, k.k. priv. Spinn- und Webwaren-Fabrik, in Rothkostelez Ndlge. Neuthorg. 16, Zelinkag.

Graduate engineer - Henryk Rabinowicz

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Henryk, called Henios ( Heinrich ) Rabinowicz was born in Warsaw on August 27, 1872. His parents were the businessman and bank procurator David Rabinowicz (1830-1907) and his wife Regina Studencka (1862-1918). Henryk ( Heinrich ) was the youngest of six children.  Before he began his studies at the Royal Technical University of Hanover and the Braunschweig Technical University, he did two years of military service in the Russian army at the age of nineteen. Only then did he receive permission to leave for Germany.

Albert Einstein's birthplace

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Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in the house at Bahnhofstra e 20 in Ulm as the first-born child of his Jewish parents, Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein (née Koch).
 

&nbspIn April 1929, Einstein wrote about his birthplace in a letter to Carlos Erlanger, the son of the owner of the house at the time: „For being born, the house is quite nice; for on this occasion one does not yet have such great aesthetic needs, but one first fills one's loved ones without worrying much about reasons and circumstances.

 

Rahel-Hirsch-Strasse

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The street next to Berlin Central Station is named after the German Jewish doctor Rahel Hirsch (15.09.1870-06.10.1953). She was the first female doctor to be awarded the title of professor in Germany in 1913. The so-called Hirsch effect is also named after her: The permeability of the mucous membrane of the intestine and the subsequent excretion with the urine, which she discovered.

Law firm - Dr. Scheuer

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Oskar Scheuer was born on April 2, 1877 in Saarbrücken-St. Johann. His parents were the merchant Gabriel Scheuer, born on March 7, 1844 in Bernkastel and his wife Barbara, née Lazar, born on May 29, 1850 in Saarlouis. Having grown up in St. Johann, Oskar Scheuer studied law in Munich, Berlin and Bonn from 1896 to 1900. In 1904 he set up as a lawyer in Saarbrücken. He was chairman of the lawyers' association, chairman of the arbitration court of the product exchange, member of the Saarbrücker city council (1922-1932 and represented the city of Saarbrücken in numerous lawsuits.

Law firm - A. H. Hajek - Dr. Ignatz Katz

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Dr. Ignaz Katz was born in Buttenheim on February 28, 1873. His parents were the Buttenheim merchant Heinrich Katz and his wife Karoline, née Goldman. Anton Heinrich Hajek and Ignaz Katz ran a law firm together at Burgstra e 9 II. On April 8, 1922 Ignaz Katz married Theresia Mayr, born on 30.03.1875 in Pfettrach, in Munich. The marriage was considered a mixed marriage and Theresia Katz died in Munich on July 6, 1933. Ignaz Katz followed his wife a good two years later. He died on October 18, 1935 in Munich