Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was born on February 10, 1853 in Mainz and his parents were Salomon Benedikt Goldschmidt and Josephine Edle von Portheim. 1875-1878 he was an assistant at the Freiberg Mining Academy after studying to become a metallurgical engineer. 1880 he received his doctorate in mechanical rock analysis under Heinrich Rosenbusch in Heidelberg. In the years 1882-1887, Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt studied in Vienna and from 1887 was a freelance scientist in Heidelberg, living at Sophienstra&szlig 3.

Nathan Ullmann, born in Osterberg on August 17, 1856, his brother Wilhelm, born on February 2, 1855, and their brother-in-law Moritz Kohn, born on May 7, 1850 in Luka (Verušičky - Czech Republic), together built up the wholesale company Kohn und Ullmann, which mainly sold clothing fabrics.Before that, Nathan and Wilhelm Ullmann had already founded the company Ullmann & Co.

In the 1910 edition of the Berlin address book, the following entry can be found under the address Bleibtreustraße 35/36: Palästina-Industrie-Syndikat m.b.H. - Pogroms against the Jewish population in 1880/1881 were probably partly responsible for the fact that in many places in Russia, Rumania and Galicia, and to a lesser extent also in Poland, Germany and England, groups of the " Chowewe Zion " (Friends of Zion) were formed, from among whom a number of students decided to make aliyah (ascent to the land of Israel), went to Palestine and founded agricultural settlements there.

The founder of DeFaKa  - Deutsches Familien-Kaufhaus GmbH - department store chain was the Hamburg merchant Emil Köster.  In 1924, he founded „Emil Köster Textil AG“ and „subsequently took over „Gemeinnützige Beamtenversorgungs-GmbH“. Emil Köster merged the two companies to form " DeFaKa ", which made it possible for customers to purchase goods in installments. After the inflation in Germany, Jakob Michael acquired the majority of shares in this department store chain. Jakob Michael was born in Frankfurt am Main on February 28, 1894.

The following entry can be found in the 1887 edition of the Berlin address book: Charlottenstr. 63 - Leo Liepmannsohn, merchant, antiquarian bookseller. - Leonhard Liepmannssohn was born on February 18, 1840 in Landsberg an der Warthe. He attended the Friedrichswerdersche Gymnasium in Berlin from 1851. At the age of seventeen, he passed his Abitur examination there on September 29, 1857. Leo Liepmannssohn trained as a bookseller and antiquarian bookseller at the bookshop A. Asher & Co in Berlin, this and further additional training at the Franco-German Librairie A.

The address book of Frankfurt am Main with Bockenheim, Bornheim, Oberrad and Niederrad from 1879 contains the following entry: Cahn, Simon, Kaufmann, Schöne Aussicht 17/1 - Cahn Simon Cahn, Schöne Aussicht 17/1, Hartgummiwaaren, E  Simon Cahn, P  Mathilde Cahn, née Wurzmann.

The Stuttgart address book 1925 contains the following entry: Heimann, H. L., Webwarengroßhandlung. - Partly owned by David, Max, Siegfried and Hermann Heimann. Zweigniederlassung Königstr. 1 EG u. 1.  -  The origins of the Groühandlung für Webwaren und Trikotagen and the Wäsche- und Arbeitskleider-Fabrik H. L. Heimann go backück  to the year 1832 in Bopfingen-Oberdorf. At that time, the business was one of the largest employers in the region for Oberdorf and the surrounding villages. Numerous locals from Oberdorf and the surrounding area worked from home for the company.

Moses Samuel Landauer was born on April 12, 1808 in Krumbach-Hürben. After an apprenticeship as a weaver and six years of traveling, he passed his master craftsman's examination in 1833 and set up his own business. The master weaver set up 2 looms in his parents' house. After his marriage to Klara Guggenheimer, he built himself a house in which he set up 12 looms in the cellar. From 1857 to 1858, he was finally able to put his own mechanical weaving mill with 32 looms into operation in his newly built factory in Krümbach-Hürben.

Salomon Lindauer was born on March 22, 1833 in Buttenhausen. Salomon Lindauer emigrated to the USA in 1853. He returned to Buttenhausen around 1860. In 1861, Salomon Lindauer was granted a license for a general store, which was located below the Gasthof zum Adler. Salomon Lindauer was a merchant. In the Hohenems genealogy we find details of his occupation - merchant (wholesale, groceries) and manufacturer (cigar factory S. Lindauer). Salomon Lindauer was married twice.