The Kohls family
At Bergstrasse 10 lived the Jewish couple Adolf (born 23. 10.1896) and Elsa Kohls (née Cahn, 19.11.1894) lived with their daughters Edith (b. 20.04.1920) and Lieselotte (b. 18.01.1922), as well as Elsa's mother, Rosa Cahn (b. 1862).
Feingersch family
Isaak and Rebekka Feingersch (born 1885 and 1887) emigrated from Odessa to Frankfurt am Main with their daughter Marie in 1912. Their son David was born there. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Jewish family was arrested because they were Russian citizens. In order to escape the difficult living conditions in the Holzminden camp, Isaak volunteered to work in the potash plant in Ovelgönne near Celle. The family was allowed to join him and grew to a total of seven sons and three daughters.
Dr. Eva Kauffmann, née von der Wall and Dr. Walter Kauffmann
Eva Kauffmann, née von der Wall (born April 13, 1908 in Celle) was the daughter of Else and Julius von der Wall. Von der Wall ran a successful law firm at Mühlenstraße 25 and was the only Jewish lawyer admitted to the Celle Higher Regional Court.
Oskar and Nanny Salomon - Westcellertorstraße 1
Oskar Salomon was born on September 20, 1878 in Uelzen. He was married to Nanny (born May 1, 1881), née Schloß, from Gleicherwiesen in Thüringen. They had three children: Gerhard (born on December 10, 1907) and the twins Hans and Grete (born on May 14, 1909). The family lived at Westcellertorstrasse 1. In 1907, Oskar Salomon had taken over a shop for outerwear and shoes from his father, but eventually specialized in shoes. From 1929, the business was located at Poststrasse 7.
Central Bazaar Julius Ems
Businessman Julius Ems, married to Paula Rosenthal, opened a Central 50 pfennig bazaar at the end of 1895 at 52 Schuhstraße with haberdashery, gallantry, toys, household articles, glass and porcelain. However, the range was soon expanded to include more expensive items. His business concept, which included special promotions such as Christmas exhibitions, was so successful that he acquired the more centrally located shop at Am Markt 2 in 1904. The "Central-Bazar", which opened in October 1905, was praised by the local press and enjoyed a very good reputation in Celle.
Else Dessau - Fritzenwiese 46 A
Else Dessau, née Wolff, was born in Celle on January 21, 1898. Her parents were Anna, née Cussel and Max Wolff, the father of the Jewish community. Else had three sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Hamburg in 1915. Else became a tailor and in 1929 she married the tailor John Dessau. The couple lived in Hamburg and their son Heinz was born on April 13, 1930. Shortly after the birth, John Dessau left his family. Else lost her job in 1933 because she was a Jew.
Rheinhold family - Im Kreise 9
Bertha Rheinhold (born October 14, 1865 in Celle), née Levy, was the sister-in-law of Elise Rheinhold (Stolperstein at Bahnhofstraße 7). Her father was an important banker in Celle. She had been married to the Celle merchant Sartorius Rheinhold since 1887. The couple had three sons: Fritz, Klaus and Heinz. They moved to Hanover in 1895. However, Sartorius and his brother Otto continued to work in Celle, where their business premises were located at Im Kreise 9.
Herzfeld family
In May 1921, the lawyer Dr. Manfred Herzfeld (born 1887) joined the law firm of Dr. Julius von der Wall at Mühlenstraße 25. The law firm was one of the largest in the Higher Regional Court district of Celle and for a long time the only one run by Jewish lawyers in Celle. Herzfeld, his wife Hedwig (born 1891) and their daughter Eva (born 1919) lived on today's Bahnhofsplatz until they moved into their own newly built house at Schwicheldtstraße 19 A at the end of 1930.Herzfeld was not a member of the Jewish community in Celle and had little contact with it.
Notary and lawyer Dr. Julius von der Wall
Else Lang (born on 05.04.1884 in Suhl) married Julius von der Wall, who was born on Norderney on 22.09.1872. He obtained his doctorate in law in 1901, passed the bar exam in 1902 and was a notary and lawyer at the Higher Regional Court of Celle from 1903. For a long time, he was the only Jewish lawyer admitted to this court. Their daughter Eva was born in 1908. In 1911, the family had the residential and commercial building at Mühlenstr. 25 planned and built.
Mendel and Berta Schul - Fritzenwiese 48 F
Mendel Schul was born on July 15, 1888 in the Lower Silesian town of Glogau (Polish: Glogów). The town belonged to the German Empire at the time, but Schul was probably of Polish descent. He was married to Berta Felder, who was born on July 14, 1900 in the Austrian-Hungarian town of Sanok. Both were of Jewish faith. They had two children: Adolf Pinkus (born 1924) and Regine (born 1926). Raw materials trader Mendel Schul ran a trade in textiles, shoes and used materials at Wallstra<e 54 (today Nordwall).