Ferdinand Eduard Schwarzschild was born on May 12, 1843 in Frankfurt am Main. His parents were Enoch Schwarzschild, born on June 13, 1805 in Frankfurt am Main and Rosine Schwarzschild, née Ochs, born on December 30, 1814 in Frankfurt am Main. Ferdinand had three more siblings - David Eduard Schwarzschild, born on May 19, 1837, - Maximilian Eduard Schwarzschild, born on July 17, 1839 and Minna Rosette Schwarzschild, married name Scheyer, born on June 15, 1839.

The Adreß- und Geschäfts-Handbuch der königlichen Residenz- und Hauptstadt Dresden from 1881 contains the following entries:  Löwi H., Kaufmann, Ferdindplatz 1/1, Handlung mit Strohgeflechten, F.: Heinrich Löwi,  - Löwi Ab. Ad., merchant, Ferdinandplatz 1/1, 

The footpath that connects Gojenbergsweg with Justus-Brinkmann-Straße has borne the name of the Jewish entrepreneur and manufacturer Michael Nathan (born 1812) since 2014.

It is located close to the Nathans' Jewish family cemetery and commemorates the work and history of this Bergedorf family.

Martin Breslauer was born on December 16, 1871 in Berlin.his parents were Alexander Breslauer(1842 - 1913) and  Johanna Breslauer, née Pappenheim(1845 - 1897), who was born in Berlin.Martin Breslauer had three siblings - Helene, married name Loewenstein,Heinrich Breslauer and Paul Breslauer.Martin Breslauer's mother had a sister - Elise Pappenheim(1849 - 1919),who was married to Hermann Breslauer(brother of Alexander Breslauer).Martin Breslauer was married to Margarete Freistadt,born on December 17, 1889 in Berlin.

In 1838, there is evidence of a private prayer room in the attic - Sachsentor 23 - whose inventory was auctioned off after the owner's death.

Josef Heinrich Halberstein was born on  November 6, 1917 in Vienna. His parents were  the commercial clerk Osias  ( Oskar, Joshua or Yehoshua) and Chaya ( Rachel) Halberstein. Josef Heinrich had an older brother - Daniel, born on January 1, 1913. Josef Heinrich Halberstein studied at the Hochschule f r Welthandel in the winter semester 1935/36 and winter semester 1937/38. He took his last exams in June and October 1937. He was no longer able to attend the last semester of the diploma course.

Rosette Dörnbrack, née Blumann - * 01.06.1883 in Tostedt, † 07.05.1966 in Rotenburg/Wümme

Selma Blumann, born on July 16, 1882 in Tostedt, murdered on November 15, 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

The roots of the Joseph Baer & Co. antiquarian bookshop go back to 1785, when Abraham Joseph Baer, son of the book dealer Abraham Baer from Hanau, opened an antiquarian bookshop in the Niederlage in Frankfurt's Dominican monastery. 1792 he was already able to move his business to the better located Steingasse in Frankfurt's old town thanks to connections.