Law firm Dr. Erich Hannach

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Erich Hannach, the youngest son of the entrepreneurial couple Julius and Emmy Hannach, was born on September 25, 1900 in Lissa (province of Poznan). He studied law at the universities of Breslau, Freiburg, Heidelberg and Berlin. He worked as a trainee lawyer in Magdeburg from the end of 1923 and was admitted to the bar in December 1928. His law firm was located at Breiten Weg 42. On May 5, 1933, he was banned from representing clients and in June of the same year his name was removed from the lists of licensed lawyers at the Magdeburg district and regional courts. On November 10, 1938, Dr.

Families Paul and Wally Wertheim, Julius and Emmy Hannach, Arie Leo and Ruth Henschke with son Albert Max

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The Wertheim family: Paul Wertheim, born on July 2, 1858 in Berlin, died on January 23, 1942 in Magdeburg. Paul Wertheim was a judge at Magdeburg District Court from 1905. His wife Wally Wertheim, née Priebatsch, born on January 28, 1869 in Breslau, followed her husband to Magdeburg. They lived at Hohenstaufenring 9. After the death of Paul Wertheim, she was taken to a so-called ‚Jews' house' in Magdeburg in 1942. Escape to their deaths before the imminent deportation to Theresienstadt on December 2, 1942.

Owned by Samuel Eberhardt (1870 - 1976), head of the religious council and baker

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"Until 1920, it was owned by Samuel Eberhardt, the head of the Jewish community".„This was the northern half of the so-called Schmitt estate, which „Jacob jud" had bought from Lorenz Magold for 40 guilders in 1695 (house no. 43, today Poppenlauerer Strasse 4). The site for the new synagogue was located directly behind Jacob's house.“ 

Louis David Katzenberger; store for men's and women's ready-to-wear clothing, shoes and colonial goods (Maßbach)

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Louis David Katzenberger, born on June 30, 1838 in Ma bach, in Hs. no.152
Son of the lumber merchant David Katzenberger and Karolina, née Liebig from Bibergau
He was married to Helene, née Adelburg, *June 14, 1847 in Aschbach 
Louis David died on Nov. 19, 1904 at the age of 66 in Hs. no. 42. died at the age of 66 in Hs. no. 42 
 

M.A. Marx, butcher's shop and sausage products (Maßbach)

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"Maßbach, August 27 (1922). Last week Mr. M. A. Marx celebrated his 70th birthday in full vigor and joy of work. Mr. Marx is [...] a true Jewish role model in the traditional sense for his, albeit small, community. He is also a zealous promoter of noble endeavors and has known how to earn great respect and admiration through his conscientiousness, even among his non-Jewish fellow citizens. As Mohel (circumciser) Mr. Marx enjoys a reputation übeyond his Bavarian state [...]."  

Master baker Bernhard Eberhardt (1836 - 1908) and his son Samuel Eberhardt (1870 - 1976)

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The privateer and master craftsman Bernhard Eberhardt (1836 - 1908) and his son Samuel Eberhardt (1870 - 1976)

Bernhard Eberhardt, was born on December 16, 1836 in Maßbach, Hs. no. 158
Son of the master craftsman Alexander (Sender) Eberhardt and Marianne, née Rosenstein.
Married to Mina, née Rosenberger from Schonungen (grave 33)
The privateer and master craftsman Bernhard Eberhardt died on November 26, 1908 at the age of 71 in Hs. no.158 died.

 

Löwenthal hop factory

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Back in 1877, hop merchant Marx Löwenthal owned a sizeable property here in Kapellenstraße, consisting of two residential buildings and a hop warehouse. The company flourished and was able to expand its buildings again and again. In 1907, a hop warehouse with a 25-metre-high steam chimney was added.

Rubens, Berta née Lindheimer, widowed Feldmann

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Berta Lindheimer was born on 29.11.1911 in Nassau-Lahn as the älst child of the family. Her parents were Rega Lindheimer née Stern from Meudt in Rhineland-Palatinate and Markus-Moritz Lindheimer from Nassau, a butcher by trade. Her brother Siegfried came along in 1913. In 1934, at the age of 23, Berta married the tannery owner Fritz Feldmann from Berlin-Schouml;neweide. She moved in with him at Tabbertstrasse 14, on the site of the company founded by her father-in-law Simon Feldmann around 1900.

Horst Peter Eisfelder and Family

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The Eisfelder family of four and other relatives were very soon aware of the dangers Nazi racism would inflict on Jewish people. After several attempts for visas, they were among the earlier refugees to Shanghai. A US relative helped them establish Café Louis, soon well-known for their German and Viennese bakery goods, employing the whole family and several Chinese. They mastered the next big hurdle, a forced move into an impoverished quarter. Horst, still a youth formed lifelong friendships that lasted across time and oceans. 

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