Residence of Hermann Steinberg - co-owner of the firm Steinberg & Meinhardt - and his wife Cläre née Samuelsdorf. Ulrich Moritz Leopold Steinberg arrives in New York on July 22, 1938 with the SS Washington. He was born in Essen on Jan. 15, 1915, and applied for naturalization in the U.S. on July 31, 1943, changing his name to Ruchard Ulrich Steinberg.

The company Steinberg & Meinrath is mentioned on the honorary plaque of 1913 for the then new synagogue at the Steeler Tor.

Iwan Meinrath (*1881 in Hannover) was co-owner of the linen factory Steinberg and Meinrath, which was expropriated in 1938. Iwan survived the Nazi period in illegality and died in 1966.

Co-owner Hermann Steinberg died in 1937 at the age of 59.

Among the Schutzjuden recorded in Mecklenburg to Röbel finds in the year 1832  following entry -  " Salomon Samson - open shopkeeper ".

The hexagram is known since ancient times as a - not originally Jewish - symbol for the defense of Bösem. The legendary King David is said to have carried it on his shield, and so explains the common name "Star of David" or actually "Shield of David" (Hebrew Magen David).