Stumbling blocks Siegmund and Betty Fischer

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Sigmund Fischer, born on September 10, 1879 in Usov (German: Mährisch Aussee)/ Mähren, resident in Görlitz Place of detention: until 13. December 1938, concentration camp Sachsenhausen, collection camp Tormersdorf, deportation destination: August 30, 1942, ghetto Theresienstadt, murdered on May 15, 1944 in the extermination camp Auschwitz

Stumbling blocks Paul and Margarete Arnade

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Paul Arnade, born on 10.05.1874 in Görlitz/ Silesia, living in Görlitz Place of detention: Sammellager Grüssau u. Sammellager Tormersdorf, deportation destination: 30.08.1942, Ghetto Theresienstadt, death date/place: 14.12.1942, Ghetto Theresienstadt

Margarete Arnade née Pinoff born on 01.03.1886 in Görlitz/ Silesia, living in Görlitz Place of detention: Sammellager Tormersdorf, deportation destination: 30.08.1942, Ghetto Theresienstadt 12.10.1944, extermination camp Auschwitz, date/place of death: declared dead.

Pharmacy Günther Friedländer

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From 1930-1933, Günther Friedländer ran the Kronen pharmacy on Bismarckstrasse in Görlitz. Born in Königshütte, Silesia, he had lived in Görlitz for three years. The family-run business – Friedländer had taken over the pharmacy from his aunt – ended in 1933 jäh with the boycotts against Jüdische Händler. Friedl sold the pharmacy and turned his back on Germany. In Israel, he founded the pharmaceutical company Teva, which later became the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in Israel.

Nacher family

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In the second half of the 19th century, the Nacher family ran a small store in Iskrzyczyn. The son of the store owner Ignatz (Ignacy) Nacher (1868-1939) made a career in Berlin. He became general director of Engelhardt brewery, which thanks to him became the second largest brewery in Germany.

When Nacher received information üabout a fire in 1910, he sent 1000 marks to the municipality. In a letter to the municipality he wrote that among the victims möght be people with whom the Nachers had contact when they ran the small store in Iskrzyczyn.

Engelhardt Brewery

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The small brewery was developed into a brewing empire by the Jewish businessman Ignatz Nacher. Ignatz Nacher was born in 1868 in Österreich-Schlesien and came to Engelhardt in 1901, became a partner, übernnahmte the then still small brewery. On June 26, 1913, Ignatz Nacher, a resident of Detmold, applied for his „naturalization“ at the High Fürst Government in Detmold „obediently. After the incorporation, he developed the Engelhardt brewery into the second largest brewery group in Germany.

City walk Heidelberg on the Neckar

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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.