Former Jewish slaughterhouse Kraków-Kazimierz
Built in 1900, the tire-shaped round hall housed several trading stalls and a Jewish poultry slaughterhouse. In 1927, the Jewish community of Krakow leased the building and built a larger butcher's shop in the previously empty inner courtyard.
Kupa Synagogue in Krakow - Synagoga Kupa w Krakowie
The Kupa Synagogue, also known as the Synagogue of the Poor, is located in the historic Krakow district Kazimierz The simple synagogue from 1643 with baroque accents is located in the district that was reserved exclusively for the Jewish community from Krakow by King John I Albrecht in 1495. The synagogue was built from donations to the Jewish community (Kahal). Its name is derived from kupat, the Hebrew word for community treasury.
The Kupa Synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during the Second World War and used for secular purposes until 1991.
Grande Dame of cosmetics: Chaja Rubinstein (1870 - 1965)
Helena Rubinstein was born Chaja Rubinstein on December 25, 1870 in the Jewish quarter of Kazimierz in Krakow and grew up at Szeroka 14. Chaja Rubinstein changed her name when she emigrated to Australia in 1896.
Councillor of Justice Robert Simon Heinemann (1856 - 1920)
Robert Simon Heinemann was born on December 4, 1856 as the first child of Marcus and Henriette Heinemann in Lüneburg. Like almost all male members of the Heinemann family, he attended the Johanneum grammar school. Unlike his ancestors, he became neither a merchant nor a banker, but a lawyer.
Ironworks - Wolf Netter & Jacobi-Werke
Jindřich Kohn and Adelheida Kohnová - Stolpersteine
Jindřich Kohn
Born 15.08.1883
Last residential address before deportation: Prague V
Address/Place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague I, Filipa de Monte 4
Transport At, nr. 289 (07. 05. 1942, Prague -> Theresienstadt)
Transport Ax, nr. 289 (09. 05. 1942, Theresienstadt -> Sobibór, Ossowa)
Murdered
Adelheida Kohnová, née. Zeiselová
Born 05.09.1883
Murdered 1942 Sobibór, Ossowa
Jewish cemetery ghetto and concentration camp Theresienstadt - Terezín
The Jewish cemetery, located outside the fortress walls of Terezín, was created shortly after the establishment of the ghetto and concentration camp on a site where Soviet soldiers had been buried after the First World War. Initially, the deceased Jews were buried in individual graves before the prisoners had to dig mass graves due to the high mortality rate caused by the terrible camp conditions.
Bankhaus Petschek & Co.
In order to protect the bank from the National Socialist regime, Paul Petschek moved the bank's headquarters to London and transferred large blocks of shares to the British-American holding company UCC. (1938)
The Petschek Palace was used as the headquarters of the Gestapo in 1939.
Marie Elišáková - Stumbling block
Marie Elišáková born 08.06.1883.
Last place of residence before deportation: Prague II Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague II, Václavské nám. 36 - Transport D, No. 941 (31. 10. 1941, Prague -> Łódź).
Murdered in Lodz in 1941
Dr. Josef Lengsfeld and Markéta Lengsfeldová
JUDr. Josef Lengsfeld and his wife Markéta Lengsfeldová were deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt ghetto on 13.7.1943 on transport Di No. 138. Josef Lengsfeld was deported to Auschwitz Birkenau on 28.10.1944 on transport Ev No. 723, Markéta Lengsfeldová on 23.10.1944 on transport Et No. 664. Both perished in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
From: https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/obet/105373-josef-lengsfeld/ and https://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/obet/105380-marketa-lengsfeldova/