Since the beginning of the 18th century, the Jewish Strupp family had been based near the royal seat of Meiningen, in the neighboring village of Drei&szligacker. In the beginning, they were mainly active in the grain trade, but expanded their business to textiles, especially cotton, linen and silk. Since 1742 the Strupps were also active in banking. A two-story house with a garden in Dreißigacker served as the family's ancestral home. From 1825 at the latest, credit transactions with the ducal court were added, and so the banking house „B. M.

Ida Rothenberg was the chairwoman of the Israelitischer Frauenverein in Bleicherode in 1924-32, whose purpose was to support the needy. Funerals also fell within its remit. At the time of Rothenberg's leadership, the association had 30-40 members*.