Benno Bamberger

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Benno Bamberger was born on January 27, 1877 in Kronach. His parents were Siegmund Bamberger and Lina Bamberger, née Offenbacher. Benno Bamberger moved to Aschaffenburg on September 2, 1892. His membership of the Spessartbund, to which he belonged before 1905, was a member of the board and treasurer in 1930, was awarded the badge of honor for the second time in 1931 and was elected to the association committee in 1933. In 1935, however, he was no longer to be found in the list of members. According to the Aschaffenburg address book, Benno Bamberger lived at Riesengasse 5a in December 1940.

Sanatorium - Dr. Groedel

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Isidor Maximilian Groedel was born in Friedberg on May 23, 1850. After attending grammar school in Darmstadt, he studied at the state university in Gieäen and became a member of the Alemannia fraternity. During the 1870/71 war, he did medical service in the auxiliary hospital in his home town of Bad Nauheim. After studying medicine, his career took him to Würzburg as a military doctor and to Vienna for further training before he opened his own practice in Bad Nauheim in 1875. In 1887/1888 he acquired the property at Terrassenstra<e 2.

Department store - Warenhaus zum Strauß G.m.b.H.

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The department store " Warenhaus zum Strauß " takes its name from the former inn with guest rooms "Zum Strauss", in whose place Nürnberg's first large new hotel building was erected in 1875, the   luxury hostel with 150 rooms under the name "Zum Strauss". After a change of ownership in 1899, the hotel was renovated and partially rebuilt. Various shops and the Nürnberger Bank were housed on the ground floor. The hotel was also brought up to the latest technical standards - rooms with electric light and an elevator to the floors.

Hospitals and social welfare facilities in Frankfurt's Ostend district

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Frankfurt Ostend district was the city's Jewish quarter from the second half of the 19th century until the Nazi persecution. Around 1895, around a quarter of the residents were Jewish. In 1925, around 6,400 Jews lived in Ostend. Liberal, conservative and orthodox Jews as well as the “Ostjuden”, who had immigrated here in the 1880s, lived together here with different rites and religious customs, which was also visible in everyday life and in the cityscape. Around 1900, modern Jewish hospitals and children's homes were built along the Röderbergweg and the Bornheimer Landwehr.

Bella Kroner

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Bella Kroner was born in 1894. She was the daughter of Rabbi Dr. Hermann Kroner and his wife Sofie Kroner, née Ichenhäuser. In the August 1, 1928 issue of the "Gemeindezeitung für die Israelitischen Gemeinden Württembergs", the bridal couple Josef Reutlinger and Bella Reutlinger, née Kroner, announced their marriage on August 6, 1928 at 12 1/2 p.m. in the synagogue in Stuttgart. At the end of the 1930s, Bella Reutlinger managed to escape to New York. Bella´s father, Dr. Hermann Kroner, died in 1930 and found his final resting place in the Jewish cemetery in Bopfingen-Oberdorf.

Therese Ballenberger

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Therese Guetermann was born on February 20, 1828 in Archshofen. Her parents were Jacob Guetermann and Sara, née Seligmann. Therese Gütermann was the second wife of David Ballenberger, who ran a business sorting old clothes in Unterdeufstetten. Therese Ballenberger lived in Ellwangen from 1908. She died on December 2, 1909 in Ellwangen and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Ellwangen.