Benjamin Lismann
The address book of the city of Munich from 1899 contains the following entries - Lismann Benj, copper works owner and commercial judge, Wagmüllerstr. 12 - Lismann Abraham, engineer and copper works owner, Liebigstr. 10 - Lismann Gebrüder, copper works owner, Oettingenstr. 34.Owner, Oettingenstr.34. In the Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1877, in the section " Commercial Court München l.d. Isar " among the commercial assessors is also " Benjamin Lismann, copper hammer owner ". - Benjamin Lismann was born in Büdingen in 1832.
Leather factory and trade en gros - M.G.Ledermann
The roots of the M.G.Ledermann company go back to the year 1832 in Schwarza. Meyer G. Ledermann founded the leather shop M.G.Ledermann there. Gustav Ledermann moved his father's leather shop to Gotha in 1867, initially to Am Hauptmarkt 25, then from 1872 to Am Hauptmarkt 13 and from 1873 to what is now Gutenbergstra<e 2. From 1876 Gustav Ledermann (1841-1915) ran the business together with his brother Moritz Ledermann (1850-1899). In 1879, the company moved to the newly purchased building at Huttenstrasse 14.
Weill Synagogue Dessau
The New Synagogue on the corner of Askanische Straße and Kantorstraße was built as a successor to the synagogue destroyed in 1938. It is considered the first new synagogue to be built in Saxony-Anhalt since German reunification.
Jüdengasse Löbejün
The Jews living in Löbejün attended the synagogue in Gröbzig.
Old Jewish cemetery Köthen (Anhalt)
Former Jewish cemetery without any preserved gravestones. There is also a memorial plaque with the inscription next to the entrance gate: "In eternal remembrance / Jüdischer Friedhof Köthen / laid out in 1777 / destroyed in 1944-1948 / restored in 1997 / May you find security with God and rest in the / Garden of Eden.
Köthen (Anhalt) Jewish cemetery
The Jewish cemetery at the New Cemetery in Küthen, north of the city on the corner of Maxdorfer Straüe and Güterseeweg, is located on the south side of the complex and was opened together with the new main cemetery in 1888. Until then, the Alte Jüdische Friedhof was the main burial site. Between 1990 and 2022, the cemetery was closed at least ten times.
Jüdengasse Naumburg (Saale)
Narrow alley in the city center, which today leads from Topfmarkt to Jakobstraße. However, the breakthrough to Jakobstraße only came about in the 18th century. The alley was used as a Jewish quarter, for which there is evidence of a synagogue and a mikvah. In 1410, the number of Jewish families was limited to 22. The expulsion took place in 1494. After the transfer of Naumburg from Saxony to Prussia following the Congress of Vienna (1815), Jews resettled, but did not move back to Jüdengasse.
Dortmund chain factory - Siegfried Bastheim
Siegfried Bastheim was born in Hofgeismar on January 5, 1877, to parents Simon and Sara Bastheim, née Heilbrunn, who ran a shop for agricultural supplies at Petristraße 1 in Hofgeismar. Siegfried Bastheim never met his father. He died a few months before he was born. After completing elementary school, Siegfried Bastheim attended a mechanical engineering school and became an engineer. Around 1910 he moved to Dortmund and founded the Dortmunder Kettenfabrik Ingenieur Siegfried Bastheim“ at Münsterstraße 259. In 1921, Simon Bastheim married Ernestine (Erna) Sachs from Breslau.
Salomon Arioni
Salomon Arioni was born on November 20, 1852 in Düsseldorf. His parents were the merchant Raphael Arioni and his wife Philippine, née Hartzfeld. He was married to Gertrude Isabella Wolff of Mainz, daughter of David Wolff and his wife Alwine, née Aaron. Salomon and Gertrude Isabella Arioni had a daughter - Alice, born on January 9, 1892 in Amsterdam, a dentist by profession. Alice Arioni was unmarried and was deported to Auschwitz via the Westerbork camp at the age of 51 and murdered there on August 27, 1943. - - Text of the letter: - Mr. S. Arioni Amsterdam - Büren sw. d. 16.11.97.