Source: (c) Wikipedia, Biography Alois Weiner

In 1929, the Hirsch family moved into the villa on Brühfeldweg (former house number 182, today Brühfeldweg 18/corner of Drüxlmairweg 14)

On February 26, 1942, the Hirsch villa on Brühfeldweg was sold to the German Reichspost.Cilly Hirsch dies after falling from a balcony in 1941, Adolf Hirsch is murdered in the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943.

The address book of the city of Nürnberg from 1888 contains the following entry: Weinberger, Gebrüder, Fabrik von Leinen, Baumwollwaren u.  Hopfenzwilliche, Josephsplatz 16.

From its foundation in 1926 until its forced closure in 1938, the Jüdisches Lehrhaus Stuttgart existed for 12 years. The aim of the Lehrhaus was to counteract the loss of Jewish identity with a new form of adult education. By reflecting on the Jewish religion and culture, a new community was to be created. The Jüdische Lehrhaus has remained known above all as an educational institution which, under the leadership of the religious philosopher Martin Buber, sought to establish a dialog between Jews and Christians.

Richard Frank's house towards the end of the war.

Leipzig was one of the largest communities in the German-speaking world before 1933, with over 11,000 members. Immediately after the liberation, only twenty-four people of Jewish origin were still living in the city. But as early as May 15, 1945, the Jewish Religious Community of Leipzig was able to reconstitute itself and move back into the former offices in Löhrstrasse. Richard Frank took over the chairmanship and the community grew significantly in the coming months thanks to returnees.

First business of the knitting and knitwear factory in 1870.

Wilhelm Frank (born 1842), father of Emmy Rubensohn, founds a textile factory in Halle in 1865 with his brother Selmar Frank (born 1837). Ten years later, they move their company to Leipzig. Emmy's brother Hermann (born 1875) and Richard, Selmar's son, take over as managing directors.

Richard Frank leads the reestablishment of the Jewish community in Leipzig. 24 Jews were in Leipzig at the end of the war, 250 in November 1945.

Berthold Levy was a member of the Frank family's knitwear factory in Leipzig. He died on April 23, 1939 after a long illness, also as a result of severe mistreatment during 10 days of imprisonment after the Reichsprogromnacht on November 8/9, 1938.

Residential home of Emmy and Ernst Rubsehnsohn from 1936/37-1938.

After the November pogrom in 1938, Ernst Rubensohn was forced to sell his shares in the family company – apparently even at market prices. The couple moved to Berlin, to a villa in Grunewald, to prepare for their own emigration. The Rubensohns had to sell their house in Kassel and almost all of their possessions in order to finance their emigration. Ultimately, their only option was to flee to Shanghai, where they could enter without a visa.

The couple initially lived at Hermannstrasse 3 in Kassel and moved into a spacious villa at Terrasse 13 in the fall of 1914, which they later purchased. In this exclusive residential area, they were in „the best of company“. Neighbors included the families of the Rosenzweig (with Franz Rosenzweig) and Wertheim merchants and the textile manufacturer Baumann.

Emmy Rubensohn received prominent guests from the music, art and culture scene in her salon. She begins to keep a guest book. Emmy Rubensohn heads the music section of the Jewish Cultural Association in Kassel.

Emmy and Ernst Rubensohn's first apartment from 1907: Emmy Rubensohn, born in Leipzig in 1884, marries Ernst Rubensohn on 17.08.1907 and moves in with him in Kassel. From 1913, Emmy's recently divorced brother Alfred Frank entrusted his daughter Dorothea (Dora) to the Rubensohns. The girl, born in 1907, spent her childhood with them.