Apartment of Louis and Sophie Dormitzer

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  • Louis Dormitzer, born June 8, 1863 in Nuremberg, deported on September 10, 1942 to Theresienstadt concentration camp, murdered on February 26, 1943 in Theresienstadt
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  • Sophie Dormitzer, née Kupfer, born January 9, 1871 in Burgkunstadt, deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp on September 10, 1942, murdered on September 23, 1942 in Theresienstadt
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Nuremberg velocipede factory Hercules

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120 years of Hercules. 

The development of the two-wheeler industry in Germany began in Neumarkt near Nuremberg. Carl Marschütz, founder of Hercules-Werke, was given a wooden bicycle as a gift when he was 15 years old. A few years later, an Englishman rode through Neumarkt on a steel penny-farthing. Carl Marschütz then took out a loan and bought his own velocipede. The two-wheeler was to fascinate him for the rest of his life.

Nuremberg

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The dating of the first Jewish life in Nuremberg is not clear. Both the year 1096 and the period from 1136 to 1146 are considered probable according to different sources. A document of Henry V (1111-1125) proves a Jewish community for the year 1112. The construction of a synagogue with associated mikvah in the 13th century suggests a certain prosperity of the community.

Judengasse (Nuremberg)

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In the Judengasse were the Jews*Jewesses settled in 1349, after the former Judenviertel had been converted into the main market . In 1499 the quarter was dissolved again. The name Judengasse remained.

The street, located in the Sebald Old Town, leads from the south side of the Theresienplatz in an easterly direction to Inner Laufer Gasse. It consists mostly of residential buildings, which were newly built after the 2nd World War.