Department store - A. Goldstein
Bed feather factory - J.Schöpflich & Adler
Jakob Schöpflich founded the bed feather factory "Schöpflich & Adler" with Maier Löw Adler and Kommerzienrat Heinrich Rosengart. Jakob Schöpflich was married to Helene Lina Schöpflich, née Rosengart.Heinrich Rosengart was the brother of Jakob Schöpflich´s wife. Maier Löw Adler, in turn, was married to Sophie Adler, née Rosengart, an older sister of Helene Lina and Heinrich Rosengart.Later, the bed feather factory J. Schöpflich & Adler became the Fa. Adler Bettfedernfabrik KG at Kreittmayrstrasse 5.
Apartment Martha Trabert
Martha Trabert was born on 19.05.1899 in Grodno (Russia) and died on 05.07.1982 in Pößneck.
She married her husband Alfred Trabert on May 1, 1926 in Pößneck.
Her occupations were grocery saleswoman/market woman and motor vehicle driver in the fruit and vegetable trade Trabert. In 1939 Martha was banned from selling and lost her apartment.
In1942 she was taken into Gestapo custody and then had to do forced labor.
In1943 Martha was sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp and in 1945 to the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Residence Adolf Mayer
Adolf Mayer was born and grew up in Hanau (Hesse) in 1881, he did a commercial apprenticeship and later held leading positions in various magazine publishing houses. After the First World War, he came to Pößneck and lived at Kastanienallee 5 with his non-Jüdish wife. Adolf Mayer was the director of the Gerold and Vogel publishing houses, both of which were very modern for their time. In 1936 he had to give up his position and do unskilled work. He was not deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto until January 1945, because he was very respected and he had a "German" wife.