Mechanical cotton weaving mill - Isaak Bernheim

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In 1874, the Constance merchant Jacob Koblenzer and his brother Adolf Koblenzer founded the company "Mechanische Weberei" in Meersburg .Isaak Bernheim was also involved as a partner of Adolf Koblenzer. Later the ways probably separated, because in Augsburg  Isaak Bernheim is mentioned as 2nd owner of a  weaving mill, which was probably founded in 1866 in a smaller scale, and which still became a respectable factory by its later 4th owner Bemberg ( J. P. Bemberg AG. ). Isaak Bernheim had gone bankrupt with the "Mechanische Baumwollweberei" in 1887.

City walk Eberswalde

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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).

Tradesman - Nathan Bendheim

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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.