Jewish Museum Berlin

Felice Schragenheim

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Through a close friend, Elisabeth "Lilly" Wust met 20-year-old Felice Schragenheim in Berlin on November 27, 1942. A love affair quickly developed between the two women. They became symbolically engaged to each other on March 25, 1943. A short time later, Schragenheim confessed to Wust that she was Jewish, to which she replied, "Now more than ever!" She moved in with Wust under the pretext that the woman, weakened by an illness, needed household help. Discovered by Gestapo officials on August 21, 1944, Schragenheim was taken to a "Jewish collection camp."

K.C. Connection "Sprevia

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At the end of the 19th century, almost all German student fraternities no longer accepted Jews. Jewish fraternities were founded. "Fearless and faithful!" was the motto of the Berlin fraternity Sprevia, founded in 1894. Two years later it joined the "Kartell-Convent deutscher Studenten jüdischen Glaubens" (KC). The KC summarized its goals as follows: "The fraternities of the KC stand on the ground of German patriotic sentiment.

Cigarette factory Garbáty

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The company founded in 1890 by Rosa Rahel and Josef Garbáty for the production of deustchen brand cigarettes "Garbáty-Cigarettenfrabrik" was one of the most important Jewish operating companies in the deustchen imperial capital. The founders, who came from Liga, Belarus, opened their first factory in 1890 in Berlin Schönhauser Allee 143. In 1906 the company moved to Pankow with its own factory building. Thus, the cigarette brand "Garbáty" established itself on the German market, which was soon followed by deliveries abroad.

House Wolfenstein - Synagogue Berlin Düppelstraße (district Steglitz)

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The House-Wolfenstein, also called Synagogue-Steglitz, was built in 1897 by Moses Wolfenstein, a Jewish merchant and property owner of Düppelstraße 41 in Steglitz, from former stables. The "Religiöse Verein jüdischer Glaubensgenossen zu Steglitz" used the synagogue for its services in 1897. Before that, other locations such as the Schlosspark restaurant were used for services. When Moses Wolfenstein died on April 8, 1907, the psychiatrist James Fraenkel took over the presidency of the congregation.