The villa was built and used around 1850 by the Jewish furrier Edmund Wilhelm Quarch (Rauchwarenzurichterei und Färberei Rödiger & Quarch GmbH- Leipzig). Rauchwarenzurichterei und Färberei Rödiger & Quarch was founded in 1843 and taken over by the company Thorer & Co. at the beginning of the First World War.

In 1908, the neo-baroque villa and the coach house were built by Hans von Bleichröder as the summer residence of the Jewish Bleichröder banking family.

The Goldschmidt House was built in 1538 in the old town of Warburg. It is located near the former synagogue of the Jewish community of Warburg.

The house was founded by the Asshoeer family and was owned by them until 1722. 

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Johannistal was established in 1814 on the initiative of Jewish trade fair visitors from Brody in Galicia. It was the first Jewish cemetery in Leipzig. Burials took place on the site until 1864. From 1864, the newly built cemetery in Berliner Straße was used. After the National Socialists seized power, the lease on the cemetery land was terminated by the Jewish community of Leipzig and the site was cleared in 1937. In total, around 385 people were buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Johannistal.

Jacob Schapiro – Villa ‚Gabi Nora‘

Jacob Schapiro (b. November 6 1885 in Odessa; d. April 17 1942 in New York) was a Jewish car dealer, cab entrepreneur and stock speculator in Berlin. For a time, he was the largest car dealer in Germany.

The villa on the beach promenade was built around 1910 in the colonial style of German West Africa. The villa bore the name of his daughter ‚Gabi Nora‘ until 1936.

Jacob Schapiro was forced to sell the villa due to Nazi reprisals.

Moritz Alweiß was of Jewish origin and had to close his delicatessen, now the Neubau Sparkasse, after the Reich-wide boycott of Jewish businesses in 1933.

Richard Kohn was born on December 29, 1856 in Lipkowitz ( Lipkovice). His parents were Moritz Kohn and Sofie Sara Kohn, née Löw. Richard Kohn had five siblings - Albine, born on December 25, 1858, Gabriele, born on November 11, 1863, Ludwig, born on February 13, 1866, Joseph, born on February 18, 1869 and Victor, born on January 17, 1871. on February 18, 1869 and Victor, born on January 17, 1871. Richard Kohn was married to the daughter of Leopold and Luise Löw, née Fischel - Hermine Kohn, born on February 18, 1864 in Prague.