Jewish cigar factories

Jewish cigar factories

Anschel Anton Bloch was born on January 14, 1836 in Floß. His parents were Abraham Samuel Bloch and Sara Bloch, née Königshofer. He was married to Emilie, née Wiener, born on September 24, 1846 in Floß. The couple had 4 children, - Maria, Adolf, Klara and Laura.

Adolf Manes was born on March 13, 1837 in Düsseldorf.He was married to Florentine née Nordmann. The couple lived in Würzburg from 1871 and had 7 children - Georg(e), Adeline, Louis, Irma, Leonie, Walli and Hermann. Adolf Manes was a master tailor and merchant. Around 1880 he founded the men's wardrobe shop and cloth store Adolf Manes, which he managed until 1906 and then handed over to his son-in-law Otto Steinhardt. Adof Manes died on April 24, 1909 in Würzburg. Florentine Manes moved away from Würzburg in 1911, presumably to one of her children living out of town.

Neville Bloch was a son of John Bloch, the editor of the first Berlin sports magazine „Sport und Spiel“.John Bloch was the first chairman of the German Football and Cricket Association.In February 1892 " John Bloch took over the editorship of the " Deutsche Ballspiel-Zeitung, later changed to " Sport und Ziel ".

The Jewish cemetery Essentho is located away from the village on the Fürstenberger Stra&szlig. It was used from 1830 to 1937. Jews from Essentho, but also from the surrounding communities were buried.

Her testimony in Interwiews by Professor Hajkova, Associate Professor of Modern Continental European History at the University of Warwick (Great Britain), is a description of a queer persona who has only now been able to tell her biography as a self-determined lesbian persona.

She experienced Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen as a lesbian woman with her friend Dita.