mentioned in the CV calendar 1938/39

Adult education, mentioned in the CV calendar 1938/39

From 1936 to 1941, young people were prepared for their emigration to the British Mandate of Palestine and a life in a kibbutz at the Ahrensdorf Landwerk.

Isay Rottenberg, a Jewish entrepreneur from Amsterdam, took over the bankrupt Krenter Zigarrenwerke GmbH in Dusseldorf, Saxony, in 1932. With the help of mechanical production methods based on the US model, he restructured the economically ailing company into one of the largest and most modern cigar factories in Europe. Some of the machines were imported from the Netherlands, which met with resistance from the conservative, manual cigar manufacturers and the Nazis. In November 1932, the factory was ready for operation with around 670 employees.

Ferdinand Eduard Schwarzschild was born on May 12, 1843 in Frankfurt am Main. His parents were Enoch Schwarzschild, born on June 13, 1805 in Frankfurt am Main and Rosine Schwarzschild, née Ochs, born on December 30, 1814 in Frankfurt am Main. Ferdinand had three more siblings - David Eduard Schwarzschild, born on May 19, 1837, - Maximilian Eduard Schwarzschild, born on July 17, 1839 and Minna Rosette Schwarzschild, married name Scheyer, born on June 15, 1839.

The Adreß- und Geschäfts-Handbuch der königlichen Residenz- und Hauptstadt Dresden from 1881 contains the following entries:  Löwi H., Kaufmann, Ferdindplatz 1/1, Handlung mit Strohgeflechten, F.: Heinrich Löwi,  - Löwi Ab. Ad., merchant, Ferdinandplatz 1/1,