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The following entry can be found in the 1885 edition of the München address book: Schülein J. Söhne, Bank- und Wechselgeschäft, Promenadestraße 14 (T) u. im neuen Schlachthaus und Viehhof. - The roots of the " Bankhaus J.

The following entry can be found in the Augsburg residents' register from 1931: Marx Emil, chemist and publishing director, Gesundbrunnenstraße 11/III.

Sigmund Sichel was born on March 9, 1881 in Gemünden. His parents were Abraham Sichel, born on June 16, 1853 in Gemünden, and his wife Berta Sichel, née Hirsch, born on June 17, 1853 in Bronnbach.Sigmund had three siblings - Max, born on March 19, 1879, - Rosalie, married name Billigheimer, born on October 2, 1883 and Moris, born on December 30, 1887. His father, the merchant Abraham Sichel, moved with his family to Würzburg in 1893 to buy a business there, during which time the family lived at Semmelstraße 89, among other places.

As early as 1877, Alexander Ansbacher was a member of the 1862 Leutershausen gymnastics club and was listed in the club's membership lists until 1911. His son Selmar Ansbacher, born June 11, 1889 in Leutershausen, died with the rank of lieutenant on September 8, 1914  in the First World War. He served in the 10th Bavarian Infantry Regiment 14. Alexander Ansbacher was still living in Leutershausen in the early 1930s.

In the Berlin address book - 1928 edition, the following information can be found in the list of residents: Mendelsohn Martin, Professor, Dr.med, prakt. Physician, doctor for heart patients, W15, Kurfürstendamm No. 40,41 I. - Tel. Bism. 5306. 10-11, 4-5. 

Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt was born on February 10, 1853 in Mainz and his parents were Salomon Benedikt Goldschmidt and Josephine Edle von Portheim. 1875-1878 he was an assistant at the Freiberg Mining Academy after studying to become a metallurgical engineer. 1880 he received his doctorate in mechanical rock analysis under Heinrich Rosenbusch in Heidelberg. In the years 1882-1887, Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt studied in Vienna and from 1887 was a freelance scientist in Heidelberg, living at Sophienstra&szlig 3.

Nathan Ullmann, born in Osterberg on August 17, 1856, his brother Wilhelm, born on February 2, 1855, and their brother-in-law Moritz Kohn, born on May 7, 1850 in Luka (Verušičky - Czech Republic), together built up the wholesale company Kohn und Ullmann, which mainly sold clothing fabrics.Before that, Nathan and Wilhelm Ullmann had already founded the company Ullmann & Co.

In the 1910 edition of the Berlin address book, the following entry can be found under the address Bleibtreustraße 35/36: Palästina-Industrie-Syndikat m.b.H. - Pogroms against the Jewish population in 1880/1881 were probably partly responsible for the fact that in many places in Russia, Rumania and Galicia, and to a lesser extent also in Poland, Germany and England, groups of the " Chowewe Zion " (Friends of Zion) were formed, from among whom a number of students decided to make aliyah (ascent to the land of Israel), went to Palestine and founded agricultural settlements there.

The founder of DeFaKa  - Deutsches Familien-Kaufhaus GmbH - department store chain was the Hamburg merchant Emil Köster.  In 1924, he founded „Emil Köster Textil AG“ and „subsequently took over „Gemeinnützige Beamtenversorgungs-GmbH“. Emil Köster merged the two companies to form " DeFaKa ", which made it possible for customers to purchase goods in installments. After the inflation in Germany, Jakob Michael acquired the majority of shares in this department store chain. Jakob Michael was born in Frankfurt am Main on February 28, 1894.