Lawyer, businessman, stamp dealer - Paul Strauss

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The address book of the city of Munich from 1920 contains the following entry: Rosenthal 2 - u.a. - Strauss Ernst, Getreide- und Futterbedarf  ( business).  Paul Strauss was born on May 13, 1883 in Munich. His parents were the merchant Ernst Emanuel Strauss (trading in grain and fodder) and Klara Strauss, née Langermann. Paul Strauss had three siblings - Leo Karl Strauss, born on June 11, 1885 in Munich, - Nathalie, born on August 16, 1890 in Munich and Thea, born on October 9, 1898 in Munich.

Kosher butcher Albert Stern

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After the Shoah, the few surviving men and women from the Theresienstadt camp were quartered in various emergency shelters in Frankfurt; these included the retirement home at Sandweg 7 in eastern Nordend and the former, badly damaged hospital of the Israelite community at Gagernstraße 36 in Ostend, as well as the former Israelite elementary school at Röderbergweg 29. In addition to the strict rationing of food, the observance of kashrut, the dietary laws, made things even more difficult for Jews. "The first kosher butcher's shop ... was also in Theobald-Christ-Straße.

Residential building for survivors of the Shoah from the Föhrenwald DP camp

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In the 1950s, Nassauische Heimstätte (now the Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt (NHW) group of companies) also built apartments for survivors of the Shoah in cooperation with the city of Frankfurt am Main. To this end, in 1953 the city increased its capital contributions in favor of Heimstätte and the housing associations it manages by two million Deutschmarks.

Café Goldschmidt

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From the middle of the 19th century, after the gradual demolition of the Judengasse, the former ghetto, Wilhelminian-style residential and commercial buildings were built on the demolition sites. One of the new buildings was the well-known Café Goldschmidt, prominently located in the immediate vicinity of the main synagogue, which was inaugurated in 1860.

Straw and felt hat factory - Landauer & Stern, owner Carl Marum

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The address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1895 contains the following entries: Landauer & Stern, neue Kräme 10, Stroh- u. Filzhutfabrik, E. Carl Marum. - Marum Carl, merchant, ( see Landauer & Stern ), Praunheimerstr. )9p. - The 1903 address book contains the following entry: Landauer & Stern, Kaiserstr. 53, Herren- u. Damenhüte, Blumen, Federn, Nouveautes, E. Carl Marum, P. Stephanie Marum u. Alfr.

B'nai B'rith Frankfurt Lodge Logenheim

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This lodge home was the social house of the B'nai B'rith (old spelling Bnei Briss) Frankfurt Lodge. The land was purchased by the members of the lodge and the house was inaugurated in 1902. It was a social house for all Frankfurt citizens. The building contained valuable carpets and paintings by the Frankfurt painter Jakob Nussbaum. The park-like garden was opened to all veterans of the war for recreation after the First World War.

Department store zum Stern - Elsbach & Frank

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In 1889, the merchants Ferdinand Elsbach and Julius Frank founded their specialist business, initially only for men's and boys' clothing, some of which they had produced in their own tailoring shop.

The company expanded in 1910: The managing director Josef Adamski founded a branch in Hildesheim, Hoher Weg 8. Adamski ütook over this branch in 1933, and it is now run under the name Adamski GmbH & Co. KG today.

Paper and paper wholesaler - M. Weinberg`s successor

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The following entries can be found in the Nuremberg address book from 1876: Weinberg B., Kaufmann.Wittwe, Theresienstr.16, - Weinberger M., Großhandel, Josephsplatz 16, - Weinberger Meier, Kaufmann, Josephsplatz 16, - Schloß Leonh., Papierhändler, Tucherstr. 15 ( M. Weinberger´s successor ), - Kohlmann Lazarus, Papierhändler, Tucherstr. 15 ( M. Weinberg`s successor ).  -  Company founder around 1851 was M. Weinberg, who owned the company until 1868. In 1868 the company passed to the nephews Mr. Bernhard Schloß and Lazarus Kohlmann. Since 1912 there was a branch in Stuttgart.