Banking business - Nördlinger & Co.
The address book of the city of Stuttgart from 1895 contains the following entries: Nördlinger & Co, Bankgeschäft. Owner S. H. Nördlinger, Königstraße 54 - Nördlinger Sali H., Banquier, owner of the company Nördlinger & Co. and the Maschinenziegelei Stuttgart-Ostheim, Fischerstraße 4. 2. - Gutmann Guido, merchant, agency and advertisement expedition business, Silberburgstraße 86. 2.
Textile wholesaler - Leiter & Cie.
The Stuttgart address book of 1923 contains the following entries: Leiter Albert, merchant, partner in Leiter & Cie, Hackstr. 22. 3. - Leiter & Cie, textile goods wholesaler, owner: Albert Leiter and Alfred Levi, Leonhardsplatz 13. eg. The following entry can be found in the memorial book " Weg und Schicksal der Stuttgarter Juden ": Leiter Albert, Webwarengroßhandlung, Keplerstraße 23.
Kosher Kitchen
In April 1946, the Jewish Committee Munich opened the first kosher kitchen in the city in Victor-Scheffel-Strasse. As up to 8,000 Jews were living in Munich, what it could produce was not enough by any means. Additional kitchens were opened so that, at times, five such canteens existed in the municipal area: in Möhlstrasse, Frauenstrasse, and Zweibrückenstrasse, as well as in Hauptstrasse, as it was then called, in the suburb of Feldmoching.
Editorial office of the newspaper Utunk
Although the Zionist organizations favored Yiddish or Hebrew, a few DP newspapers also appeared in other languages such as Polish, Romanian or, as in the case of Utunk (Our Way), Hungarian.
Jewish National Fund
The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet Leisrael, KKL) was founded in 1901 at the 5th Zionist Congress in Basel. The aim of the fund was to collect donations worldwide to support the Jewish settlement movement in what was then Palestine. After the founding of the State of Israel, the KKL focused its work on the cultivation and reforestation of the country.
Jewish Agency for Palestine
The Jewish Agency for Palestine (Heb. Sochnut) was founded in 1922 as the official body of the Jewish population living in what was then Palestine. It represented their interests before the governing authorities of the British Mandate and the League of Nations. After the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the organization changed its name and, as the Jewish Agency for Israel, increasingly promoted immigration and the integration of new migrants.
Editorial office of the newspaper Pechach
Pechach is a Hebrew acronym for Partisanim—Chayalim—Chaluzim, meaning partisans—soldiers—pioneers. The newspaper Pechach was published for the movement of the same name in Munich from June 1946 until December 1948.
Dror
Dror (Heb. freedom) is a socialist-Zionist youth movement founded in Russia before World War I. The organization was also represented in Poland, the Baltic States, Romania, and Hungary. Dror members came mainly from the proletarian milieu and were active in many DP camps for children and youths.
Cigar manufacturer, consul of Panama - Oskar Weinschel
The Stuttgart address book of 1923 contains the following entries: Weinschel Oskar, manufacturer, owner of Weinschel & Katz, Militärstr. 68, - Weinschel u. Katz, Tabak- und Zigarettenfabrik u. Großhandlung, owner Oskar Weinschel, Militärstr. 35. The following entry can be found in the memorial book "Weg und Schicksal der Stuttgarter Juden": Oskar Weinschel, cigar factory, consul of Panama, Militärstr. 68. - Yehiel Duvdevani was a Zionist activist and politician.
Abram Schwarzberg Kosher Butcher’s Shop
Abram Schwarzberg received a concession to open a kosher butcher’s shop in 1947. For the majority of the DPs, the availability of kosher slaughtered meat was very important. On February 2, 1947, Schwarzberg’s shop was vandalized when a stone was thrown through the window in an antisemitic attack.