Moritz Chamizer

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Dr. phil. Moritz Chamizer was a renowned orientalist of his time. He was the director of the Oriental department of the Drugulin publishing house in Leipzig and a great lover of bibliophilia. His collection included autographs of Goethe, letters and manuscripts of Heine, books, pictures and graphics. His extremely extensive oriental library later became part of the National Library in Jerusalem.

Law office - Isaak Herzfelder

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Isaak Herzfelder was born on May 31, 1836 in Obernbreit. He was married to Luise Herzfelder née Löwenbach (born March 21, 1849 in Munich). The couple had two daughters: Marie verh. Gump (b. 1871) and Ida verh. Moos (b. 1886). Isaak Herzfelder died on November 11, 1904 in Augsburg. His wife Luise succeeded him on January 14, 1905 in Augsburg. Both were buried in the Jewish cemetery (Haunstetter Strasse) in Augsburg.

Haberdashery and toy wholesaler - Wernecker & Farnbacher

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The owners of the company Wernecker & Farnbacher - Otto and Fritz Farnbacher had to sell the company and the house to the company Grimm, Schmitt and Co. KG in 1938 in the course of the so-called Aryanization. Later the house was transferred to the NSDAP. Fritz Farnbacher had been the owner of a residential house at Hochfeldstraße 31 since 1925. In 1938 he was forced to sell his residential house and take in other Jewish families. His wife had to work in the balloon factory.

Rabbi Dr. Richard Grünfeld

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The postcard from Rabbi Grünfeld and wife to Hannah Stein was sent from Augsburg on August 23, 1928. The sender of the card was Rabbi Richard Grünfeld and his wife Cäcilie Lilli Grünfeld née Stein. The recipient of the card was the niece Hannah Stein, who was probably in Stetten am kalten Markt at that time for a course at the Hochschule für Leibesübungen. The card is mostly written in Hebrew, only the last lines are a greeting from Cäcilie Lilli Grünfeld to her niece. 

Textile department store - Braumann & Günzburger

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The textile store "Braumann & Günzburger" was located on the corner of Karl- and Karolinenstraße and was one of the oldest textile stores in Augsburg. From 1896 it was in the sole possession of the Günzburger family. In the "Weberhaus" there was an independent ladies' ready-to-wear department, which had to be reunited with the main store in 1929. Julius Günzburger was a co-owner of the textile department store Braumann & Günzburger. From 1914 he was in charge of the independent women's ready-to-wear department in the Weberhaus. The family Julius Günzburger emigrated to Brazil.

Wholesale of haberdashery and manufactured goods - Gebrüder Heymann

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Eduard, Benno  and Sigmund Heymann initially founded the wholesale business for tailoring items Gebrüder Heymann in 1870. Later the wholesale business for clothing lining fabrics in Augsburg. In 1897, Sigmund Heymann's brother-in-law, Albert Dann, became a partner in the company and took over the business after Sigmund Heymann's death in 1905 (Sigmund died as a result of an appendectomy). He increases the company's range of short and manufactured goods and expands exports to countries such as Switzerland, Austria and the Balkan countries.

Wholesale leather warehouse - Bacharach & Waitzfelder

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Bernhard Waitzfelder (born 1875 in Augsburg) was a partner in the leather wholesaler Bacharach & Waitzfelder. In early April 1942, Bernhard Waitzfelder and his wife Karoline, née Levy were deported to Piaski in Poland and are considered missing. The merchant Max Bacharach was also a partner in the company Bacharach & Waitzfelder. 
In the address book of the city of Augsburg from 1912 the following entry can be found: Bacharach & Waitzfelder, Lederlager (Inh. Max Bacharach und Bernhard Waitzfelder), Karlstr. D 79