Hairdressing supplies - Engländer & Blumenthal
City walk Heidelberg on the Neckar
The university city of Heidelberg, picturesquely situated at the foot of the Odenwald on both sides of where the Neckar flows into the Upper Rhine plain, is today one of the five largest cities in Baden-Württemberg with a population of more than 150,000. In the tourism agencies of this world, the renowned business and science location is admittedly known for its romantic old town including castle ruins (from 1688/93). First mentioned in a document in 1196, Heidelberg was initially owned by the bishopric of Worms and came as a fief to the Palgraves of the Rhine in 1225.
Merchant - Max Kaplan
In the J Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin - edition 1929/1930 - the following entry is found: Kaplan, Max, Kaufmann, W 50, Augsburger Stra;e 42.
The picture postcards were presumably sent home by Max Kaplan to his wife and daughter in Berlin during a stay at a health resort in Bad Kissingen.
.Fruit trade - Moses Stern
In the city address book Kreuznach from the year 1902 the following entry can be found: - Stern Moses, Fruchthandlung, Inhaber Louis Stern, Bismarckplatz 6, Tel.- Nr.31.
Chemische Fabrik Dr. Theodor Schuchardt Görlitz, proprietor Dr. Albert Weil
The company, founded by Theordor Schuchardt in 1865, quickly grew from a few employees in a small building in Muskau to a production area in Görlitz of over 8,000 square meters by 1876. After the death of the company founder in 1892, the business was taken over by his son-in-law Dr. Albert Weil, Kommerzienrat, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Honorary Senator of the TH Breslau üb.
Grave marker Bruno Alexander-Katz (1862 - 1927)
Among the resting places of famous personalities and worth seeing graves in the cemetery of Görlitz is the grave of the Jewish lawyer Bruno Alexander-Katz. The impressive grave marker made of shell limestone embodies the "Resurrection".
Source: Excerpt from the leaflet "Municipal Cemetery 1847 - 1997" Alexander-Katz, Bruno (1862 - 1927)
Judicial Councilor - Hermann Makower
In the Berlin address book from 1884, the following entry is found in the alphabetical list of residents: - Makower H., Justizrath, lawyer at the District Court I and notary in the district of the Königl. Kammergericht, Königstraße 7.
Distillery,Tartar warehouse - Ferdinand Kern
Jewish community Hebenshausen
In Hebenshausen existed since the 17th century a Jewish community, 1603/06 is first reported by Jews*Jüdinnen in the place. By 1861 the number of resident Jews had grown to 104 out of a total population of 494 (1864). From then on, the number of Jewish members decreased steadily due to people moving away. In 1925, only 6 of the 388 inhabitants in the village were of Jewish faith. Already at the beginning of the 20th century the number of members was no longer sufficient to conduct services in the synagogue in Hebenshausen.