Textile house "Wilhelm and Martin Ansbacher"

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On October 1, 1932, the two second cousins Wilhelm and Martin Ansbacher opened the textile/clothing store at Altstadt 38 (today no. 86). It existed at this location until 1935, as the two landlords (retired members of the Reichswehr) were forced by the NSDAP to terminate the rental agreement. If they refused, their pension would have been cut and they would have been threatened with further consequences.

The Ansbachers found a new home for the business at Isargestade 728. The landlord there was financially independent and was unimpressed by the threats from the NSDAP.

Temporary residence of the Fritz Nathan Ansbacher family (and other people) "Jewish house"

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From July 1940 until February 10, 1942, the family of Fritz Nathan Ansbacher was housed here after the forced sale of their home (Seligenthaler Str. 38). They lived here as a "Jewish house" with other Jewish families who also had to live in such Jewish houses after expropriations, forced sales, "Aryanizations", etc. From 10.02.1942 - 01.04.1942, the family lived at Seligenthaler Str. 60 (3rd floor), just a few doors down from Seligenthaler Str. 38, their former home.

Residence of the Fritz Nathan and Guido (Gustav) Ansbacher (later Anson) families

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The two Ansbacher families lived in this house from 1932: the Fritz Nathan Ansbacher family and the Guido (Gustav Ansbacher) family with their children. The Ansbacher family ran the textile house "M. and W. Ansbacher", first in the old town and later on the Isargestade. The family originally came from Leutershausen near Ansbach and moved to Landshut in the fall of 1932, which they knew through business contacts and where anti-Semitism was not as great as in the Ansbach area.

Munich Gate ("Jewish Gate")

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The Münchner Tor at the ¨bergang "Innere Münchener Str." / "Dreifaltigkeitsplatz" was demolished in 1874 as it was too narrow and too low for the ever-increasing traffic. As today's Dreifaltigkeitsplatz, with the synagogue converted into a church, was the medieval Jewish quarter, the colloquial name was also "Judentor"

John Löwenthal

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Joel Wulf “John” Loewenthal was born in Danzig on June 14, 1821. His father was Wulf (ben Salomon) Löwenthal, who was also born in Danzig in 1792 and died on June 28, 1868 in Constantinople (Istanbul). John Löwenthal had three more brothers - Nathan, born in 1813, Isaak Lazarus, born in 1814 and Michael Bernhard, born in 1818. At a young age, John Löwenthal went to Constantinople in search of his father, like his brother Michael Bernhard  3 years before him. Around 1840 he sought his fortune in Berlin. In J. W.

Architectural office Bloch & Guggenheimer

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Founded in 1909, the Bloch & Guggenheimer architecture firm has left its mark on the city of Stuttgart. Oscar Bloch (1881-1937) and Ernst Guggenheimer (1880-1973), who both came from Jewish families, built, unbuilt, extended and designed countless buildings and residential buildings in Stuttgart, Ulm and the wider region. These include Villa Oppenheimer, Haus Frankenstein as well as schools, detached houses and apartment buildings in various styles, from country house to Bauhaus.