Karoline Kaulla

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Karoline "Chaile" Kaulla is one of the most famous court actresses of the early modern period. Today she is best known as Madame Kaulla. After her father's death, she took over his business as court factor and continued to run the family business. Her responsibilities included army supplies as well as trade in horses, luxury goods and the granting of loans. Due to her success as court factor, she was considered the wealthiest German woman of her time. Few Jewish men received the privileges that came with the position of court factor.

Online Archive of Synagogues

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From 1999 to 2001, curious about the internet’s new opportunities for memorial culture, Marc Grellert (TU Darmstadt, Digital Design Unit) developed the Online Archive of Synagogues. The database (www.synagogen.info, currently offline) contains basic information on over 2200 synagogues in Germany and Austria that had been in use in 1933. Interested users were able to add comments, images, links, and (survivor) testimonies to the entries. These contributions by individuals were then incorporated directly into the database.