Store/Shop

The textile merchant Benno (Baruch) Lubranitzki, born on 26.04.1880 in Pitschen, ran the ladies' and men's clothing store Lubranitzki in the artificial flower town of Sebnitz together with his wife Gertrud Lubranitzki, née Posner, born on 01.06. in Dresden.1885 in Dresden, ran the Lubranitzki ladies' and men's wardrobe shop at Lange Straß 1 / corner of Markt.

The Leeser family had lived in Bremervörde since 1821, when Levi Leeser, originally from Uthlede, came to Bremervörde, where he worked as an assistant to the merchant and butcher Heyn. He later opened his own butcher's shop, which was run by his son Adolph. Adolph had eight children, two of whom died in infancy and two of whom emigrated to the USA in the 19th century. His son Harry, who owned his own livestock business at Bahnhofstraße 3 and was chairman of the Bremervörde Livestock Association, died in 1932. His sister Henriette  was deported to Minsk in 1941 and perished there.

The Blau/Adler family Nathan Blau from Thüringen (born 1845) married Bertha Baruch in 1873 and a year later bought a house in Neue Strasse (now no. 80) in Bremervürde. There he traded in furs and animal skins and later founded a shoe shop. The couple had two daughters (Hulda and Henriette) and two sons, Max (Martin) and Bernhard. Martin died early. Two years after Nathan Blau's death (1902), his daughter Hulda married Julius Adler and continued the business with him. In 1909 Julius acquired the civil right.

In 1812, Nathan Salomon from Südpreußen settled in Nieder Ochtenhausen. He was a butcher and tradesman by profession. Around 1900, his son Heinrich Salomon moved into house no. 64. In 1909, the Salomon family finally moved to Bremervörde after Joseph (Julius) Salomon, the son of Heinrich Salomon, acquired the property at Flutstraße 71 (formerly Lokal „Alt Bremervörde“, Bremer Straße 14). In November 1909, Joseph was granted the civil right. The butcher Joseph was active in Bremervörde as a cattle dealer, while he leased the butcher's shop to Claus Sethmann.

Max Leopold, who was born in 1879 in Barchfeld (Thuringia), married Bella Eckstein, born in 1886 in Oberlauringen (Franconia), in Bremervölde. Their three children Stephan Arno (born 1912), Hans (born 1916) and Erika (born 1922) attended secondary school and, just like the other Jewish children from Bremerwald, suffered injustice from their teachers and classmates at an early age.

The two sons Stephan Arno and Hans managed to flee to North America in 1934 and 1935.

The Heyn family ( Hein Levi) had been resident in Bremervürde since 1753.

In May 1936, the Jewish merchant Siegfried Heyn was forced to sell his home and business premises. Siegfried Heyn moved with his wife to Hamburg in 1937 and then to Bremen in 1938, where he was arrested in the early hours of November 10 and deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was released as he was able to prove that he was able to emigrate.

Günther Heyn, Siegfried Heyn's 29-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter Ilse Heyn emigrated to the United States of America as early as 1938.

Max Knopf was born on April 30, 1857 in Birnbaum in the former Prussian province of Posen. In 1881, Max came to Karlsruhe with his siblings Simon, born in 1845, Hedwig Johanna, born in 1847, Albert, born in 1850, Moses Moritz, born in 1852, Johanna, born in 1854, Eva, born in 1861 and his parents Ruben Knopf and Henriette Knopf, née Baumann. In the same year, on April 3, 1881, Max Knopf and his sister Johanna Knopf opened a shop for linen, linen and white goods under the name "Geschwister Knopf".

The hardware store „ L. Weil "  was founded in 1868 by Leonhardt Weil. Five years later (1873), Leonhardt Weil took on his former authorized signatory Emil Reinhardt as a partner. From this point on, the company operated under the name " L. Weil & Reinhardt ". Sally, who had been working in the business since his apprenticeship, also became a partner in the company on July 15, 1885. Louis Weil retired from the business at the beginning of 1896. At the end of the 19th century, the company expanded with a branch in the Rheinauhafen.

Max Simon was born on August 10, 1850 in Werden an der Ruhr. His parents were the textile merchant Herz Simon and Bella Simon, née Kaufmann. Max Simon had seven siblings - three sisters and four brothers. Max Simon was the third youngest. Max Simon was married to Rosalie den Arend. Rosalie was born in Rotterdam on November 1, 1855. Her parents were Andries Aron den Arend and Hijacinthe, née Bles. On June 26, 1877  Max and Rosalie married in Rotterdam.  Max Simon and his brothers Siegmund and Friedrich moved to Osnabrück.

Israel ( Julius ) Polak was born on November 4, 1879 in Gouda, the Netherlands. His parents were Hartog Polak, born on April 20, 1847 in Goor / Netherlands and Dina Engers, born on September 8, 1854 in Winschoten / Netherlands. Julius Polak was married to Regina Polak, née Meyenberg, born on April 19, 1881 in Adelebsen. The couple had four children -Friedrich Karl (Fritz), born on August 24, 1904 in Adelebsen.