Elsbeth Haberkorn was born in Breslau on September 22, 1878, into a Jewish family; she had a sister Alice.

Regina Rahel Stahl was born on December 3, 1891, in Kolomea, Galicia, into a Jewish family.

Minna Edelstein was born in Sensburg on March 28, 1886, the daughter of Moses Edelstein and his wife Bertha, née Behr.

Here was the store of Max Matschke.

Max Schmal was born Max Schmul in Briesen on July 19, 1880, the son of Jakob Schmul, a master butcher, and his wife Minna, née Warschauer.

Ruth Türk was born in Gniezno on October 29, 1900, the daughter of Therese Türk, née Kantorowicz, and her husband. She had another sister Alice, who had polio. Ruth became a dressmaker and married the pharmacist Paul Schlome.

Paul Schlome was born in Janowitz/Poznan on May 15, 1886, the eldest son of Heinrich Schlome, a timber merchant, and his wife Auguste.