Hermann and Arthur Friedmann
Hermann Friedmann (1870-1940) came from a butcher's family from the Harz Mountains and, after completing his training, moved to Jena, where in 1892 he opened his own butcher's store with an attached fur and gut shop, which he ran from 1915 together with his son Arthur (1894-1978). The business did well both at home and abroad and allowed the family to rise into the wealthy middle class and own a large villa in Jena West. Hermann Friedmann used his wealth to become socially and religiously involved.
Jewish cemetery Hebenshausen
The Jewish cemetery of Hebenshausen is located two kilometers north of the village on a small hill at the edge of a grove. It can be reached via a tarred field path on the edge of the village or via a small access road on the B27 in the direction of Göttingen just before the "Marzhausen" exit. The cemetery was established at the beginning of the 18th century to provide the growing Jewish community with a local burial place. Before that, burials took place at the Jewish cemetery in Witzenhausen.
City walk on the economic history of the Callmann family in Weimar
Weimar, a medium-sized town in the heart of Thuringia, became the main residence of businessman August Callmann in the 1920s. His arrival was to lay the foundation for a family success story that would last for almost 80 years. The Callmanns shaped Weimar finance like hardly any other family and enjoyed high esteem among the population. Nevertheless, August Callmann in particular struggled for a long time for an equal position within the city and increasingly met with rejection with his application for citizenship of the city of Weimar.
Textile store - Max Kocherthaler
Max Kocherthaler came from Ernsbach.He had already come to Öhringen before the turn of the century, because already in 1895 he was a member of the Männerturnverein of Öhringen. Max Kocherthaler was married twice. His first wife died in 1899 and his second wife Jakobine, née Schulherr, died in 1919. 5 children were born of the two marriages. At the age of 70 Max Kocherthaler moved to Strasbourg in August 1933. In 1937 he sold his house at Untere Torstraße 11 to Friedrich Kircher, a shoemaker from Öhring, who set up his shoe shop there.
Levante Agency - Ant. Isack jun.
Department store Heinrich Tietz
The department store Tietz was founded on May 09, 1883 by Julius Tietz, a Jewish businessman from Gera, under the name of his brother Heinrich Tietz at Ernst-Arnold-Platz 10. The opening took place on June 6, 1883, making the Greiz store the second branch to be opened in Thuringia after the one in Gera (1882). Since November 5, 1887, Eduard Lippmann was the new branch manager. At Ernst-Arnold-Platz 10 there used to be the Fritz'sche or rather C. G. Weber's residential building.
Apartment of the family Eduard and Kurt Lippmann
Eduard Lippmann came to Greiz in 1887. From 1892 at the latest, the merchant lived at Marktstrasse 57, three years later at Marktstrasse 5 and in 1898 in an apartment at Neumarkt 10 (today: Puschkinplatz). At that time he was a manager in the Heinrich Tietz department store. He married Henriette (née Jordan) and in 1902 their son Kurt was born. From about 1901 to 1908 he lived with his family in Idastra;e 26. Between 1908 and 1910 they moved into the residential house in Gartenweg 2.
Kora Hirschfeld
The recipient of the card is Wilhelm Borchardt, a son of Siegmund Salomon Borchardt and a nephew of Kora Hirschfeld. Kora Hirschfeld, née Borchardt was born 19 March 1840 in Jastrow ( Jastrowie - Poland ). She was married to Georg Hirschfeld, born on December 5, 1835 in Kulmsee, Pomerania, Prussia. She became a widow very early. Her husband Georg Hirschfeld died at the age of 53 on March 20, 1889 in Berlin. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin Weißsee. Kora Hirschfeld herself died in Berlin on March 23, 1925, at the age of 85.
Adele Bock
The recipient of the card is Wilhelm Borchardt, a son of Siegmund Salomon Borchardt and a nephew of Adele Bock. Adele Bock, née Borchardt was born on 26 August 1856 in Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ). She was married to Martin Bock, born on 12 September 1844 in Berlin. She became a widow very early. Her husband Martin Bock died already at the age of 43 on 23 November 1887. Adele Bock herself died on 10 December 1929 at the age of 73.