Clothing factory - Strauss & Co
City walk Eberswalde
Eberswalde is the county seat of the Barnim district, fifty kilometers northeast of Berlin, surrounded by a lot of forest and - as seen in the city's coat of arms - certainly wild pigs. The city actually became known nationwide for its "Eberswalde sausages," but its 800-year history has much more to offer. From the very beginning, trade and commerce were the determining factors, and thus traces of a once rich Jewish life can still be found today (by the way, as early as around 1400, there were also some kosher butchers).
Mechanical shoe factory - Jakob Levinger
White and haberdashery - Louis Pflaumlacher
Tradesman - Nathan Bendheim
Nathan Bendheim was born around 1817. He was probably a successful merchant. In an obituary to Nathan Bendheim it says: "By trade and change in the manner and method of his co-religionists, especially also by considerable deliveries in the war years 1866 and 1870 he had gained a significant fortune and belonged to the local and Bergsträßer financial giants."The local Lutheran pastor also writes about the "long-time leader of the Jewish community, Mr. Nathan Bendheim" in his chronicle: "On March 23, 1875, the long-time leader of the Jewish community, Mr. Nathan Bendheim, died.
Leather manufacture - Fritz Dittmann
David Bernheimer
Plans for a new building of the Altdorf synagogue existed already in 1841. In a letter of the building commission especially founded for this purpose to the Ettlingen district office, H. Hirsch, Abraham Dreyfuß and David Bernheimer signed at that time.
Former prayer house
The prayer room was located in the Kaufmann family home.