Fashion house Joseph

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Ernst and  Louise Joseph came to Dorsten in 1911. They ran a fashion store - first at Essener Straße 11, later at Markt 14, where they also lived. In 1932, the Joseph family moved to Appeldorn in Holland. With the occupation of Holland by the National Socialists, the Joseph family was also imprisoned. The son Heinz emigrated to Brazil as early as 1938. The Joseph couple with daughter Grete were deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork. Ernst and Louise Joseph were murdered in Auschwitz. Grete Joseph survived the concentration camp and emigrated to Brazil.

Cattle dealer - Alex Falk

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Alex Falk was a cattle dealer in Beckum. When there were severe riots in Beckum during the Night of Broken Glass on November 9, 1938, Alex Falk was also a victim. In their destructive urge, National Socialists forced their way into Alex Falk's apartment, devastated it and maltreated the 81-year-old so severely that he died two days later on November 11, 1938, in the hospital in Münster as a result of the maltreatment.

Speyer brothers - grain trade

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Louis (Lazarus) Speyer was the owner of the grain trading business "Speyer Brothers". Louis Speyer built the building at Bahnhofstraße 44 in 1900. Louis Speyer died on April 28, 1930. In between, son Hugo Speyer took over the parental business, but then went into business for himself in 1920 and founded the "Getreide- und Mehlhandlung Hugo Speyer".

Tannery - Leather factory - S. Heymann

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The tanner Salomon Heymann from Essen-Steele moved to Dülmen in 1838 to the then Lohmühle. He acquired two plots of land at the corner of Brokweg and Borkenerstraße and built a residential and factory building on them. Around 1840 the tanning business was started. After the death of the founder Salomon Heymann in 1874, the business was passed on to his son Hermann (Chaim ) Heymann. At the turn of the century, there was an operational reorientation of the company. The handicraft business (leather factory) became a trading company with leather goods. Hermann Heymann died in 1910.

Merchant and horse trader - Victor Nördlinger

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Victor Nördlinger, born on December 22, 1821 in Laupheim, came to Lindau in 1840. There he bought a house at Lingstraße 12. In 1860 he married Bertha Einstein from Laupheim. Victor Noerdlinger was a merchant and horse dealer. The couple had 2 sons, Max and Julius. Victor Noerdlinger died on November 21, 1885 in Lindau and is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Laupheim. His wife Bertha Noerdlinger née Einstein is also buried there. She died on May 1, 1901 in Lindau.

Oil and grease products manufacturing - K. Highest

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In 1890, Kallmann Höchster moved from Vogelsberg to Fürth and founded the "Öl- und Fettwarenfabrik K. Höchster" there. In the list of commercial enterprises with Jewish owners in Fürth in 1938, Kallmann Höchster and Gustav Höchster are listed as owners/proprietors of the oil and grease goods factory K. Höchster.