Josef Mayer (* 1865), who lived with his wife Cäcilie née Rothschild (* 1866) in the house Murgtalstraße 5 (today Josefstraße) until 1940, loved his hometown Rastatt.  He ran a tobacco store in his home. The amateur poet has memorialized Rastatt in many poems. He was active in several associations, among other things also as president of the GroKaGe Rastatt, which finances the stumbling block, which is laid before the house, out of solidarity to the former active one. However, the Mayerseppl, as he was called, was not helped by his love for his hometown.

In the address book of Worms from the year 1876 the following entry can be found - Scheuer Salomon, Ölmüller, Kämmererstraße 71

The courtyard for the synagogue was purchased for 8,000 thalers donated by the landowner Tiel-Winckler.

The synagogue was a small, one-story building built in the neo-Romanesque style with a sloping roof and rectangular floor plan. There was arcade decoration in the side elevations. Corner pilasters were one of the characteristic elements. The architect Ignatz Grünfeld was most likely inspired by a synagogue in Wolfhagen. There were 200 seats for men and 120 seats for women.