Store/Shop

The following entry can be found in the 1883 Commercial Handbook of the Royal Capital and Residence City of Breslau: Frankenstein u. Sohn, Caskel (F.), Leinen, Baumwoll- u. Buntwaren, Carlstr.31 pt. - From 1. On January 1, 1834, the youngest son Joseph Frankenstein, who had already supported his father in the management of the business for many years, became a partner in the business;and the business name was changed to Caskel Frankenstein & Sohn " - published in an advertisement in the newspaper " Der Bote aus dem Riesengebirge", issue no.

The following entry can be found in the 1883 Commercial Handbook of the Royal Capital and Residence City of Breslau: Frankenstein u. Sohn, Caskel (F.), Leinen, Baumwoll- u. Buntwaren, Carlstr.31 pt. - From 1. On January 1, 1834, the youngest son Joseph Frankenstein, who had already supported his father in the management of the business for many years, became a partner in the business;and the business name was changed to Caskel Frankenstein & Sohn " - published in an advertisement in the newspaper " Der Bote aus dem Riesengebirge", issue no.

Eugen Julius Alenfeld was born in Magdeburg in 1861. His parents were bank director Julius Jacob Alenfeld and Mathilda Emma Alenfel, née Beyfus. Eugen Alenfeld was married to Elsa Josephine Schlesinger-Trier, born on August 3, 1872 in Frankfurt a.M. The couple had three children - Karl Julius Erich, born on 8. November 1891 in Magdeburg, - Paul Robert Walter, born on April 27, 1893 in Magdeburg and Carla Laura Mathilde, married name Pohl. born on June 8, 1894 in Magdeburg. Eugen Alenfeld ran the banking house E. Alenfeld & Co.

Max Lerner was born on June 2, 1874 in Krakow.

He probably grew up speaking German and had an Austrian passport when he emigrated to Uelzen in 1893 at the age of 19. He got work in the business of his later father-in-law Jakob Kupferstein. In 1899 he married Antonie Kupferstein (1877-1942) in Hanover, and from 1904 onwards ran Antonie's father's raw products and metal goods business in Achterstra<e.

The couple had five children, of whom Jenny and Herta survived.

Even before her marriage, Emma Deutsch lived in Uelzen and ran a haberdashery shop at Lüneburger Straäe 10, which was incorporated into the business of the company ›Leo Deutsch‹ üafter the marriage.

The Deutsch family had three children: Alfred (1897–1914, killed in action in the First World War), Gertrud (*1899, presumed murdered in the Auschwitz extermination camp) and Norbert (1902–1974 in Haifa/lsrael).

Hermann Benjamin, born on August 26, 1881 in Uelzen, took over his father Eduard Benjamin's tannery and chemical washing plant as master tanner in 1905.

The business was located at Gudesstr. 28 and operated under his management as ›Uelzener Dampffärberei und chemische Waschanstalt Hermann Benjamin‹. The company expanded beyond the borders of Uelzen – Benjamin opened branches in Salzwedel, Harburg, Lüneburg and Celle.

Rudolf Conitzer was born in 1851 in Jeschewo, a small village outside Schwetz. His father Moses Conitzer had a small department store there. Rudolf worked in this department store from the age of 13 and helped his father to expand the business for the next 14 years.

In 1878, Rudolf Conitzer founded his own company under the name Kaufhaus Rud. In 1911, it was the largest business in the area. After the end of the First World War, it was closed for several years until it was sold for a third of its value in 1929. The house still stands on the market square today.

Worship services were held in the home and business premises of Mendel Nathan - head of the Jewish community of Bodenteich-Hankensbüttel-Wittingen from 1863 to 1874. The Nathan fashion and textile business had existed since 1809. His descendants had a new residential and commercial building built here in 1912 by the Celle architect Otto Haesler, who is considered one of the leading architects of modernism.

The Munich address book of 1891 contains the following entries: Erlanger Moses ( Erlanger & List ) merchant, Schommerstr.13/2 - Erlanger & List, Weiß, Woll- u. Strohhutgeschäft, Einlaß 3/1 - List Mart. ( Erlanger & List ) merchant, Parkstr.3/1 - Moses Erlanger changed his residence  several times - 1892 Schwanthalerstr.11/1, - 1893 - Senefelderstr.11/2 -  1900 - Bayerstr.33/3rd - In the Munich address book 1913 the following entry: Erlanger & List, Weiß,-Wolle- und Srohhutmanufakt., (owner Gustav Henle u. Jos. Hermann) Schillerstr.34. From 1916 owner Gustav Henle.