B. Rubinstein
According to the Ravenstein plan of 1861, the house Klostergasse 59 was located exactly opposite the exit of the street " Am Judenbrückchen ". In 1937, during the redevelopment of Frankfurt's Old Town, the houses in the northern part of Klostergasse were demolished. In 1944, during an air raid in 1944, the area around the Klostergasse was völlig destroyed.
Bookstore at Bayerischer Platz
On June 22, 1935, Benedict Lachmann wrote a letter to the Geschäftsstelle des Gau Groß-Berlin im Bund Reichsdeutscher Buchhändler requesting the placement of an apprentice for his bookstore.
Friedrich "Fritz" Canthal
Friedrich Canthal (* April 1848 in Hanau; † November 1922) was entrepreneur and local politician in Hanau.
Friedrich („Fritz“) Canthal was born in Hanauer Judengasse as the son of a brandy and liquor manufacturer. In 1863, after the death of his father, he took over the company and developed it into one of the leading companies in the industry in Südwest Germany. From 1876 he was a member of the Hanau Chamber of Commerce, whose president he was between 1891 and 1918.
Ferdinand Gamburg Lodge
The Ferdinand Gamburg Lodge LXXII No. 654 U.O.B. was the Hanau lodge of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith. On January 16, 1910, lodge brothers founded the lodge in honor of the late benefactor. In 1937, the Lodge was dissolved.
Erdmannsdorf makes
Hausvogteiplatz was considered the center of Berlin's fashion world in the 1920s. Erdmannsdorfer Büstenfabrikate GmbH was first mentioned in the Berlin address books in 1911. The company moved several times around Hausvogteiplatz until 1938. However, for the longest time it was located at Seydelstraße 8/9. The founder of the company was Adolf Samson, under whose management mannequins were manufactured. The Büro and exhibition rooms were located in Berlin, while production took place in the Upper Silesian town of Erdmannsdorf (today: Mysłakowice in Poland).
Theater in the Kommandantenstraße
With the construction of the new theater at Kommandantenstr. 57 in 1906, comedians and actors Anton and Donat (née David) Herrnfeld realized their ideas of their own theater. Donat wrote the plays on bourgeois themes of morality and honor in Jewish families. The success of the theater was also due to its family character. This existed in the interaction with the audience, but also in the operational structure. The wives sat at the box office, sisters and children also played on the stage, the mother cooked in the theater kitchen.
Antiquarian bookshop Emanuel Mai
The history of the Antiquarian Bookshop Emanuel Mai is based on three generations of a Jewish family: the founder Emanuel Mai (née Maier, 1812-1897), his son Max Mai (1842-1909) and his grandson Ulrich Mai (1873-1964).
Department store Leonhard Tietz
The large Kaufhof building between Hohe Straße and Schildergasse in Cologne's city center catches the eye even as you pass by. Less obvious, however, is the building's history, which dates back to 1891, when Jewish merchant Leonhard Tietz set up his business in Cologne.