Stöckel, Siegmund

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Siegmund Stöckel was born as Samuel Nuchem Steckel on August 27, 1868 in Czortkow/Tarnopol. His parents were the merchant Isaac Stöckel and his wife Fradel, née Stöckel. He had another brother Moritz Moses and 2 sisters: Sara and Dwora. Siegmund and Moritz became master builders and went to Berlin to participate in the boom. Siegmund married Elise Hollaender on March 19, 1903, and their dowry became the seed money for a successful construction business.

Stöckel, Elise Felicitas

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Elise Hollaender was born in Berlin on September 21, 1872, the 13th and last child of her Jewish parents, Siegmund Hollaender, a general practitioner, and his wife Renette, née Danziger. Elise had 9 sisters and 3 brothers: Adolf Hollaender became a violinist, studied with Joseph Joachim, among others, and directed the Stern Conservatory; Viktor Hugo Hollaender wrote many operettas and was a conductor at the Metropoltheater, his son was the well-known Friedrich Hollaender; Felix Mendelssohn Hollaender was a dramaturge with Max Reinhardt, among others.

Stockel, Susanna Rebeka

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Susanna Rebeka Stöckel was born in Berlin on August 29, 1897 (the year of birth on the stone is incorrect) to her Jewish parents, master builder Moritz Stöckel and his wife Gertrud, née Landsberg. Her sisters were Caecilie, born on March 4, 1896, and Margarete, born on July 30, 1900. Her father Moritz had already died in 1910, and Susanna and her sisters attended the Stern Conservatory. Caecilie and Margarete married, Susanna remained single and lived with her mother. In 1936 she moved with her mother and her sister Margarete's family first to Jenaerstrasse 6, then to Stübbenstrasse 1.

Stockel, Gertrud

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Gertrud Stöckel was born on October 6, 1867 in Posen/Poland to Jewish parents Ida Landsberg née Kastan and her husband. She moved to Berlin and married the Jewish master builder Moritz Moses Stöckel. The latter was born on January 31, 1862 in Czortkow/Tarnopol (then Austria, today Ukraine) as the son of the merchant Isaac Stöckel and his wife Fradel née Stöckel. His brother Siegmund was also a builder, his sisters were Sara and Dwora. Moritz and Siegmund successfully participated in the development of the Berlin suburb of Friedenau with their building businesses.