In 1896, the Jewish merchant Jacob Strauss from Eisenach set up a branch office in Kempten of the retail business he had founded in 1882. In 1904, he moved to Kempten with his family and continued the business he had founded in 1882. He ran the business successfully until 1919, when he handed it over to his youngest son Josef. Josef Strau< was one of the few Jewish house owners in Kempten and owned a detached house in Wytschaetestra<e in addition to the business premises in Immenstädter Straße. In February 1938, Josef Strauß emigrated to Liechtenstein.

The Pinkas Synagogue dates back to the 16th century. It is the second oldest synagogue in Prague's Jewish quarter. In 1959, it was converted into a memorial to the Jewish victims from B¨hmen and M¨hren.

Children's drawings from the Theresienstadt concentration camp are exhibited on the second floor.

In Adolph Lehmann's allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger : nebst Handels- u. Gewerbe-Adressbuch für d. k.k. Reichshaupt- u. Residenzstadt Wien from the year 1890 contains the following entries:  Engländer H. & Söhne, Zelinkagasse 1, Oeff. Company: Moritz Engländer, Gro&ßhdl. and Karl Engländer. Both sign, Proc. Georg Engländer. - The following entry can be found in the company and business directory in the division: Currentwarenhändler - Engländer H. & Söhne, k.k.priv.

The enamel factory in Krakow, known as Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, was founded in 1937 by three Jewish entrepreneurs: Michał Gutman, Izrael Kahn and Wolf Luzer Glajtman. They named the factory „Pierwsza Małopolska Fabryka Naczyń Emaliowanych i Wyrobów Blaszanych ‘Rekord’ Sp. z o.o.“ and initially produced enamel tableware and pewter goods. The factory was located at ul. Lipowa 4, in the Zabłocie district of Krakow.

The address book of the city of Munich from 1887 contains the following entries - Weil Moriz, grocer, Hartmannstr.7, - Weil Hermann, merchant, Ottostraße 5, - Geschäfts-Lokal Hartmannstraße 7 -  Moriz Weil was born in Wallerstein on February 13, 1814. The roots of his ancestors go back to 1653, when Nemb Weil was born in Wallerstein. Moriz Weil´s parents were Löw Isak Weil, born in Wallerstein in 1778, and Fradel Weil, née Hausmann from Harburg. Moriz Weil was married to Charlotte Gutmann, born in Hainsfarth in 1817.

The roots of Leopold Gompertz go back to Mordechai Gumpel before 1516.  Mordechai Juda Gumpel, father of Rabbi Salomon ben Mordechai Gompel Emmerich (Gumpel), was born in Emmerich between 1531 and 1545. Leopold Gompertz was married to Henriette Charlotte Wetzlar, born on February 3, 1864 in Frankfurt am Main, whose family roots can be traced back to Amschel Wetzlar, who died in Frankfurt am Main in 1604. Leopold and Henriette Charlotte Gompertz had a son - Leon Julius Bernhard Gompertz, born on January 25, 1888 in Amsterdam - died on July 15, 1943 in Amsterdam.

Leo Lewy was born on October 2, 1880 in Memel. His parents were Israel Lewy and Lina Lewy, née Hirschfeld. Leo Lewy was married to Hedwig Erna Thiel, born on June 28, 1896 in Königsberg. Married in 1919 in Königsberg. The marriage was divorced on September 29, 1942 in K nigsberg.