Villa Adelaide - Nanette Bamberger

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The " Villa Adelaide " was named after Adelaide Bamberger, wife of Rabbi Simon Bamberger, who lived in Fischach near Augsburg. The villa itself was built in 1908 in Bad Kissingen by Rabbi Dr. Seckel Bamberger (son of Simon Bamberger) and his wife Nanette, née Bamberger, at Promenadestraße 5c. Children: Seckel Bamberger and his wife Nanette had seven children - Sarah, married name Neuwirth, Kehla, Seligmann Bär, Yiras, married name Adler, Simcha Simon, Moses Löb and Adelaide, married name Jutkowski. Dr. Seckel Bamberger was considered one of the most orthodox and learned rabbis of his time.

Chemical products and cigarette paper production - Jakob Schnabel & Co.

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The address book of the city of Vienna from 1878 contains the following entry under " Logged companies" : Schnabl Jakob & Co, chem. Producten- u. Cigarettenpapier-Erzeugnisse, Oeff. Ges. Jakob Schnabl and Ignaz Bleier, Auwinkel 5, both sign. -  The chemical product and cigarette paper manufacturer Jacob  Schnabl & Co. was founded in 1859.

Entrepreneur, community leader, philanthropist - Josef Wertheimer

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The Vienna address book from 1874 contains the following entries - Wertheimer Josef, Ritter von, R. d. Franz Josef Ordens und der eisernen Krone III Kl, owner of the Wiener Geschäftsbericht, Präs. der Israelit. Allianz zu Wien and the israel. Ber., chairman of the israel. Kinderbewahranstalt, Vognergasse 8 - Wertheimer Josef, Repräs.des Gremiums der Wiener Kaufmannschaft, Ges. der F.S. Wertheimer & Söhne, K.K. landespriv. Saffian- u, Lederfab., II. Praterstr. 9 - Wertheimer Josef, Rit. V., Oel- u. Naturproductenhandlung, R. d. eis. Kr.

Letterpress - Max Schmersow

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The Max Schmersow printing works (1890–1945), formerly Zahn und Bändel, was an important printer and publisher of foreign-language books and magazines. The printing house was largely destroyed in a bombing raid on March 17, 1945. The bombs themselves fell on March 17, 1945 at 12:30 pm. 48 citizens lost their lives in the attack. The owner and eight employees of the print shop were killed. A memorial stone nearby - dedicated 10 years after the disaster - still commemorates the tragedy today.

K.u.K. Court Bookshop - Moritz Perles

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Moritz Perles was born in Prague on December 15, 1844, and after his apprenticeship as a bookseller with Schalek in Prague (1858-62) and subsequent professional experience with J. Bensheimer in Mannheim (1862-1864) and the Beck University Bookshop in Vienna (1865-1869). Bensheimer in Mannheim (1862-1864) and the Beck’sche Universitätsbuchhandlung in Vienna (1865-1869), Moritz Perles began his activities as a publisher as early as 1866 by publishing the Adreßbuch der österr.-.ungar.

German-American Shoe Company

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Samuel Knoblauch was the founder of the " German-American Shoe Company ". He was born on June 20, 1871 in Tarnow, Galicia. His parents were Hirsch Zeew Knoblauch, a merchant in Berlin, and Paula Knoblauch, née Hirsch. On August 24, 1900 in Kurnik he married Ida Knoblauch, née Perl, merchant, born on January 27, 1869 in Kurnik. The couple had three children - Hermann, born on 12.04.1902 in Munich, - Louis, born on 06.01.1905 in Munich and Elsa, born on 28.10.1907 in Munich. Elsa Knoblauch became managing director of a branch of D.A.S. at the age of 21.