KulturRegion Stuttgart

Josef Lehmann lived here with his wife Flora Lehmann, née Lauchheimer, and their daughters Clara, Jella and Bertha.

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Moritz Thalheimer was the first Jewish cattle dealer in Winnenden. He came from Affaltrach in the Württemberg district of Weinsberg and came to the town in 1892 with his family - his wife Karoline and their three children Bertha, August and Anna. He had already been involved in trade beforehand. On May 12, 1892, he announced his business in the Winnender Volks- und Anzeigeblatt: "We will continue the livestock trade we have been operating in the same way as before and will provide a solid service.

Thekla Kauffmann was an important Stuttgart personality. She campaigned for women's suffrage, was the first Jewish member of the first state parliament of Württemberg (1919) and later helped Jews to prepare their departure from Germany. She also worked for many years at the state employment office until she was dismissed in 1933 due to the ban on Jews working in the civil service. She was able to emigrate from Germany in 1941 and survived the Holocaust. She died in 1980 at the age of 97.

Adolf Herold lived here with his family; he came from Schopfloch in central Franconia and had started out in Metzingen in 1910 as a seller of textile goods. In 1922, he opened a knitwear factory at Schillerstra e 13. His wife Jenny, née Goldschmidt, was born on October 28, 1880 in Vacha. Adolf Herold was friends with the Metzingen factory owner Hugo F. Boss for many years.

The Schocken Kaufhaus in Stuttgart belonged to the company of the Schocken Family, founded in Zwickau in 1901. Inspired by the Bauhaus principles, a Schocken Department Store was designed and built in the years 1926-1928 in Stuttgart.The building was designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn and became an icon of modernist architecture.In the 1930s, due to its Jewish origins the Schocken family had to sell more and more of its properties and assets and in 1939 the Schocken company was acquired and re-named Merkur Aktiengesellschaft.

From its foundation in 1926 until its forced closure in 1938, the Jüdisches Lehrhaus Stuttgart existed for 12 years. The aim of the Lehrhaus was to counteract the loss of Jewish identity with a new form of adult education. By reflecting on the Jewish religion and culture, a new community was to be created. The Jüdische Lehrhaus has remained known above all as an educational institution which, under the leadership of the religious philosopher Martin Buber, sought to establish a dialog between Jews and Christians.

When a new community arose in the 2nd half of the 14th century, they built this synagogue.