In 1934/37 Moritz (*1898) and Irene Recher (née Grünberg, *1901) lived at Brückenstra;e 14 with Mrs. Grünberg, Irene's mother. Moritz Recher was a soldier in World War I in 1916 and subsequently spent 25 months as an Italian prisoner of war. The Rechers owned a shoe store in Zwickau and moved to Greiz to open a shoe store there as well. During the November pogrom, Moritz Recher was maltreated and his wife Irene was admitted to the clinic of a Dr. Salzwedel with cuts. Mr. Recher was deported to Buchenwald, but was able to return to Greiz later.

The synagogue was located in the inn Zum Schwarzen Adler, später Zu den zwei Schwarzen Adlern, and could accommodate 51 visitors. It was continued after Philipp Aaron's death by his son Joseph Philipp Aaron.

The Jewish Book Association was officially founded in February 1934. Its directors included the publisher Erich Lichtenstein (1888-1967) and Erwin Löwe (1895-1974). Only one year later, the Jewish Book Association already had 9,000 members. By the time of its forced dissolution in August 1938, it had published 19 works, including a German translation of the Torah and a history of the Jews in Germany.

Themed house of the publisher Erich Lichtenstein

Private apartment of the publisher Erich Lichtenstein in Jena 1920/21.