On April 4, 1860, Rudolf Schlossberger was born in Hollenbach near Bad Mergentheim, where he attended secondary school in Heilbronn at the age of 12, followed by a three-year apprenticeship in Bad Mergentheim in the manufacturing business of A. Sussmann and then worked in Wertheim. At the age of 21 he was traveling from Berlin as a representative of the ladies' clothing company J.M.Meyer. From 1882 to 1888 Rudolf Schlossberger then worked in the iron business of his brother Max Schlossberger in Bad Mergentheim.

Erna Wilhelmine Mittereder was the daughter of the lawyer Franz Mittereder and his wife Rosa Mittereder, née Loewi. Franz Mittereder was Catholic and was born in Munich on May 8, 1885. Rosa Mittereder was of Jewish faith, came from Adelsdorf near Forchheim and was born there on March 25, 1891. The couple married on July 16, 1923 in Munich. The marriage was considered a mixed marriage. Erna Wilhelmine Mittereder was born in Munich on April 20, 1925. Her father Franz Mittereder died just one year after her birth on April 9, 1926.

Born in Munich on May 8, 1885, Franz Mittereder, a lawyer by profession, married Rosa Loewi, born on March 25, 1891 in Adelsdorf near Forchheim, on July 16, 1923 in Munich. As Franz Mittereder was Catholic, the couple's marriage was considered a mixed marriage.  On April 20, 1925, their daughter Erna Wilhelmine was born in Munich. Franz Mittereder died just under a year later on April 9, 1926 in Munich. Rosa and Erna Wilhelmine Mittereder were left behind.

The Stuttgart address book from 1920 contains the following entries for Albert Flegenheimer and the address Friedrichstr.18: Flegenheimer Alfred, merchant, Friedrichstr.18/1 - Flegenheimer Eugen, Dr.jur, lawyer, Friedrichstr.18/1, Büro Friedrichstr.13/2 - Flegenheimer Joseph, merchant, Hofl, Am Bismarkturm 57, Getreideagentur Friedrichstr.18 Eg - Albert Flegenheimer was born on July 4, 1890 in Schwäbisch Hall. His parents were Samuel Flegenheimer, born on August 21, 1848 in Tairnbach and Lisette Rothschild, born in 1861.

Albert Harburger was born in 1871. On April 4, 1922, he married Johanna Rosenthal, born on January 15, 1887 in Beerfelden in the Odenwald in Stuttgart. The couple had a son -  Kurt Siegfried, born in 1923.  Albert Harburger was a freelance salesman for the company Ludwig Povel & Co in Nordhorn. He lost his job as early as 1935 due to his Jewish ancestry. Since their marriage, the family lived in Stuttgart at Halpertstrasse 105 for rent. In 1936, Albert Harburger purchased a plot of land opposite the apartment at Falkertstra<e 88 and built a two-storey house on it.

Maier Merzbacher (Dec.1862-12.1.1942) and Anton Schulhöfer were co-owners of the  white, wool and hosiery, shirt and apron factory " Merzbacher & Schulhöfer ". Anton Schulhöfer was born in Buttenheim on  February 12, 1869. In 1893 he moved from Buttenheim to Nuremberg. On November 9, 1899, Anton Schulhuber married Selma Baum from Nuremberg. The couple had two children - Edith, born on December 24, 1900 in Nuremberg and Franz Ludwig, born on September 27, 1905. Anton Schulhüml;fer died on February 3, 1935.

In the Munich address book from 1865 the following entry can be found in the professions section: Seifensieder - Neumann Moriz, Holzstr.16, Laden Sendlingergasse 2. In the address book from 1910 the following entry can be found: Neumann M., (owner Otto Neumann) Holzstr.37 T., Seifenfabrik und Talgschmelzerei. Specialty: ff. raffin. Beef fat brand Schmalzblume. - Otto Neumann was born in Munich on January 4, 1866. His parents were Moritz Neumann and Berta Neuman, née Engländer. Otto Neumann married on September 23, 1894 in St.

Bertha Wagner was born on January 10, 1868 in Breslau as the second daughter of David Wagner (1837-1909) and his wife Cäcilie Auerbach (1842-1912). The father had already been running a grain, clover and animal feed wholesale business in the flourishing city for several years. His mother came from a family of tradesmen and furriers from Gdansk. Later, in addition to the first-born Sophie (born in 1866), there were 5 more siblings: Elisabeth (born 1869), Ottilie (born 1870), James John (born 1872), Kurt (1880 - 1903) and Willi Neumann (born 1882).

Alice Ruth Feldmann was born on December 24, 1899 as the seventh and youngest daughter of Sophie and Simon Feldmann. Her parents ran a successful yarn factory. This is initially located at Stralauer Strasse 41 in Berlin Mitte. In 1897, her father buys a property in Oberschöneweide, the excursion restaurant „Tabbert´s Waldschlösschen“  and adjoining land. He wanted to expand his factory and so Ruth, as she was henceforth known, was the only one of the siblings born in Oberschöneweide. Her father Simon is involved in the local council and works here as an arbitrator, among other things.

On September 1, 1896, Fritz was born in Berlin as the sixth child in the family of the factory owner Simon and Sophie Feldmann (née Wagner). At that time, the family still lived at Stralauer Strasse 41. Like his siblings, Fritz took up a practical profession. After the death of his father Simon in 1925, Fritz took over the management of the tannery together with his mother. Fritz continued to run the business as it had been built up by his parents. The factory had around 100 workers and employees.