Business

A merchant from Darmstadt, Julius Pfungst initially worked in the processing of hare and rabbit fur after setting up his business in Frankfurt. In 1871, however, he pulled off a coup that was to establish the success of the family business: he acquired the exclusive right to sell the emery mined on the Greek island of Naxos in Germany. In the same year, Pfungst founded the "Gesellschaft des ächten Naxos-Schmirgels". In the following decades, he expanded industrial production of the coveted abrasive on a large scale. The manufacture of grinding machines was also added.

50 years after Adolf Hirsch built the new department store "Hermann Tietz Nachfolger" in 1900 - 1901, it became the property of "Hertie Waren- und Kaufhaus GmbH" (from 1994 Karstadt, currently "Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof") after its forced sale to the Brandl company.

Dr. Richard Landauer founds the "Delphin Verlag" in 1911 in Munich, in 1933 it is relocated to 55-57 Theaterstra e in Landshut due to the family's move to the parents-in-law (Cilly and Adolf Hirsch). Together with Helmut Teichner, Dr. Richard Landauer becomes one of the managing directors of the Hirsch department store (Hermann Tietz successor).

Dr. Richard Landauer founds the "Delphin Verlag" in 1911 in Munich, in 1933 it is relocated to 55-57 Theaterstra e in Landshut due to the family's move to the parents-in-law (Cilly and Adolf Hirsch). Together with Helmut Teichner, Dr. Richard Landauer becomes one of the managing directors of the Hirsch department store (Hermann Tietz successor).

Following the termination of the rental agreement for the former shop in the old town, the Ansbachers found a new home for the textile store on the Isargestade. It existed there until the pogrom night of November 9-10, 1938, when the shop was stormed by SA/SS-NSDAP activists from Landshut, the stock partially looted and then closed.

On October 1, 1932, the two second cousins Wilhelm and Martin Ansbacher opened the textile/clothing store at Altstadt 38 (today no. 86). It existed at this location until 1935, as the two landlords (retired members of the Reichswehr) were forced by the NSDAP to terminate the rental agreement. If they refused, their pension would have been cut and they would have been threatened with further consequences.

The Ansbachers found a new home for the business at Isargestade 728. The landlord there was financially independent and was unimpressed by the threats from the NSDAP.

Founded in 1909, the Bloch & Guggenheimer architecture firm has left its mark on the city of Stuttgart. Oscar Bloch (1881-1937) and Ernst Guggenheimer (1880-1973), who both came from Jewish families, built, unbuilt, extended and designed countless buildings and residential buildings in Stuttgart, Ulm and the wider region. These include Villa Oppenheimer, Haus Frankenstein as well as schools, detached houses and apartment buildings in various styles, from country house to Bauhaus.

1896 beginning commercial register file Gumpel & Samson.owner Ludwig Gumpel (1860-1935) and his cousin Wilhelm Samson (1859 – 1932). From 1913,  address of the Gumpel & Samson banking house Kaiserstraße 13. The Ludwig and Dr. Max Gumpel families live in the Beletage. From 1921,  takeover of the  banking business by the „Darmstädter und Nationalbank, Berlin, Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien“. The two bank founders remain majority shareholders. Dec. 01, 1923 Rückütakeover of the bank by Gumpel  & Samson.Max Gumpel manages the bank.

In 1905, the Reingold steam laundry was opened by Adolf de Beer and his wife Mathilde at Hochheiderweg 3 in Oldenburg. The Reingold company had over 200 acceptance points in the Oldenburg region and East Frisia. At a time when washing machines were not yet available, the laundry represented a great relief of work in the households. Tasks such as sorting, soaking, boiling, folding and ironing the laundry were taken over by the de Beers' family business. The husband and wife worked in the laundry; in addition, Mathilde took care of the children and the household.