The company A. M. Schiff was a leather wholesaler and had its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. There was also a branch in Brüssel at Rue de la loi 119. The following entry can be found in the address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903: The following entry can be found in the address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903: A. M. Schiff G.m.b.H., Neue Kräme 9p., Oberleder und Schuhfournituren engros u. Export, Partner: Generalconsul M. A. Hecht   August Hecht   Jos. Simon u.  S. E.

The address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903 contains the following entry: A. M. Schiff G.m.b.H., Neue Kräme 9p., Oberleder und Schuhfournituren engros u. Export, Gesellschafter: Generalconsul M. A.  Hecht August  Hecht  Jos. Simon u. S. E. Stern  F 936  -  In the Jüdisches Adressbuch Frankfurt am Main 1935 the following entry can be found: Schiff A. M., Ledergroßhandlung, Bahnhofsplatz 12.  - The company A. M. Schiff also had a branch in Belgium in Brüssel at Rue de la Loi 119.

Nathan Simons was born on September 4, 1798 in Fliesteden. In 1831 he married Sibilla Löwenthal, born in Geyen on March 4, 1802, in Garzweiler and moved to Neuss with her in 1840. The couple had five children - Brunette, married name Marx, born around 1826,- Leopold, born August 29, 1834,- Sophie, born March 31, 1838 - died May 7, 1846,- Isaak, born April 13, 1840 and Caroline. Initially Nathan Simons was active in the grain trade in the Grevenbroich area. At the age of 33, he founded his own business. Later, he received support from his sons Leopold and Isaak.

When the town of Landshut was founded in 1204, the first Jewish inhabitants settled in the area of today's "Dreifaltigkeitsplatz" and several side streets (including Nahensteig/Narrensteig), see separate entry. According to "Alemannia Judaica" Jews "were first mentioned in 1256 in a police and trade regulation". In Spitzlberger's book (p. 167) there is evidence that Jews were even involved in the construction of the town of Landshut as early as 1204 as donors. 

The roots of the Schönfeld & Wolfers company go back to 1869, when Eduard Wolfers, a native of Minden, and Moses Salomon Schönfeld founded the "Textilhandelsgesellschaft Schön­feld& Wolfers - Groöhandel mit Leinen und Teppichen ".Their dominant location was the Jaffé"Gebrüder Jaffé" warehouse, which they had acquired by purchase.Eduard Wolfers, born on April 8, 1839 in Minden, was married to Natalie Alsberg, born on February 22, 1847 in Karlshafen; the couple had 3 children - Gustav, born on August 1, 1874 in Hamburg - died on April 6, 1909 in Hamburg; Hugo, born on October 22, 1875

Dora Nord, born 1877, deported to Poland in 1938, declared dead in 1945

Karl Nord, born 1912, arrested in the resistance in 1938, in the 999 penal battalion, survived

Adolf Nord, born 1909, fled to the USA in 1934, survived

Rosl Kessler (née Nord), born 1914, fled in 1939, survived in Sweden. 1909, fled to the USA in 1934, survived

Rosl Kessler (née Nord), b. 1914, fled in 1939, survived in Sweden

Oskar Händler, b. 1909, deported to Poland in 1938, resistance in Poland, survived

The address book of the city of Munich from 1899 contains the following entries - Lismann Benj, copper works owner and commercial judge, Wagmüllerstr. 12 - Lismann Abraham, engineer and copper works owner, Liebigstr. 10 - Lismann Gebrüder, copper works owner, Oettingenstr. 34.Owner, Oettingenstr.34. In the Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1877, in the section " Commercial Court München l.d. Isar " among the commercial assessors is also " Benjamin Lismann, copper hammer owner ".  - Benjamin Lismann was born in Büdingen in 1832.

The roots of the M.G.Ledermann company go back to the year 1832 in Schwarza. Meyer G. Ledermann founded the leather shop M.G.Ledermann there. Gustav Ledermann moved his father's leather shop to Gotha in 1867, initially to Am Hauptmarkt 25, then from 1872 to Am Hauptmarkt 13 and from 1873 to what is now Gutenbergstra<e 2. From 1876 Gustav Ledermann (1841-1915) ran the business together with his brother Moritz Ledermann (1850-1899). In 1879, the company moved to the newly purchased building at Huttenstrasse 14.

The New Synagogue on the corner of Askanische Straße and Kantorstraße was built as a successor to the synagogue destroyed in 1938. It is considered the first new synagogue to be built in Saxony-Anhalt since German reunification.

The Jews living in Löbejün attended the synagogue in Gröbzig.