Auguste Stern, née Würzburger, born in 1859, lived at Niedergasse 2 in Soest. Auguste Stern was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942. She died there on September 2, 1942. A stumbling block at Niedergasse 2 in Soest commemorates her fate.

Hermann Guggenheim was born on November 20, 1864. His parents were the Zurich merchant Leopold Guggenheim and his wife Louise, née Braunschweig. Hermann Guggenheim had six other siblings. He attended school in Zürich and probably did an apprenticeship as a lithographer. He was registered as an apprentice in the 1880 Volkszählung, and the following Volkszählung in 1888 registered him as " Dessinateur Chromiste, Angestellter bei Lithograph. Frey & Conrad " in Aussersihl (Zürich).

The following entry can be found in the Landau address book from 1902: Oestreicher Ferdinand, Uhrmacher und Goldarbeiter, Marktstraße 52.  -  Ferdinand Oestreicher was born on June 23, 1866 in Aschaffenburg. His parents were Leopold Loew Oestreicher, born on June 1, 1836 in Obernau, and Charlotte Hessberg, born on May 9, 1837 in Burgpreppach. Ferdinand Oestreicher had four more siblings - Siegmund (Salomon), born June 17, 1861 - Magnus (Max), born July 28, 1862 - Joseph, born May 27, 1864 and Carolina (Lina) married Metzger, born May 24, 1867.

In the middle of the 14th century, the presence of Jews was mentioned in the oldest Glatz city register.

The "ORT" ( Organization - Reconstruction - Training ) was founded in Russia in 1880. It was led by five Russian-Jewish philanthropists, including Samuel Polyakov, Naphtali Herz Günzburg and Nikolai Bakst. The "Society for Craft and Agricultural Work" in Russia had set itself the task of promoting the vocational training of Jews in Russia. With the relocation of the " ORT " to Berlin in 1921 , not only did the name change to " World ORT Union ", but its radius of action also increased - World Ort Union operated internationally.

In the 19th century, the first Jews settled in Erkelenz after 1850. When there was a sufficient number of men to form a minyan, they sought a room for religious services. In 1861, a petition was submitted by the Jews Wey and Consorten for the construction of a prayer room. As the number of parishioners was still small, only one room was rented at first. This was in 1862. This "prayer room" was located in Oeratherstra&;e, today's Burgstra&;e No. 9, on the upper floor of a residential building üabove a gateway. 

Due to the professional ban on Jewish lawyers in Bavaria in December 1938, the Nürnberg Bar Association, office: Nürnberg, Fürther Straße 110 by order  of the President of the Nürnberg Bar Association  43 Jewish lawyers resigned, including Dr. Franz Bergmann, because their license had been revoked.

The following entry can be found in the address book of the capital Freiburg im Breisgau from 1922: Darnbacher & Maier, Därme, Gewürze, Metzgereiartikel, Faulerstr. 12a 1. - The business was founded in 1929 by the families Fritz Darnbacher and Moritz Maier. However, as early as 1933, there were calls for a boycott of local Jewish businesses - including the Darnbacher & Maier store. Fritz Darnbacher moved to Alsace with his family and tried to build up a new existence there. Moritz Maier tried to continue the business in Freiburg.

The address book of the city of Munich for the year 1888 contains the following entry: Neuburger Wilhelm & Söhne, Seiden- und Posantemierwaarengeschäft en gros,Kaufingerstr.31/1.