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In the address book (guide) for the royal Württemberg district capital and fortress of Ulm and the royal Bavarian town of Neu-Ulm from 1868, the following entry can be found: Dreyfuß Kosmann und Max, merchants, bei der obern Stube A199. The address book of the city of Ulm from 1894 contains the following entry: Stubengasse. From the Langestraße to the southern Münsterplatz. - 1. (A199) - Dreyfus, Kosman, merchant.1. i. Company:  Mayer Dreifus Söhne. p.u.1.  -  Dreyfus, Max, merchant, p.u.2.  -  Dreyfus, Martin, authorized signatory 1.

The Berlin address book - 1933 edition contains the following entry - Louis Marx & Co. - SW 68,  Eisenwaren, Alexandrinenstr. 11 T.

The department store " Warenhaus zum Strauß " takes its name from the former inn with guest rooms "Zum Strauss", in whose place Nürnberg's first large new hotel building was erected in 1875, the   luxury hostel with 150 rooms under the name "Zum Strauss". After a change of ownership in 1899, the hotel was renovated and partially rebuilt. Various shops and the Nürnberger Bank were housed on the ground floor. The hotel was also brought up to the latest technical standards - rooms with electric light and an elevator to the floors.

The company A. M. Schiff was a leather wholesaler and had its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. There was also a branch in Brüssel at Rue de la loi 119. The following entry can be found in the address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903: The following entry can be found in the address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903: A. M. Schiff G.m.b.H., Neue Kräme 9p., Oberleder und Schuhfournituren engros u. Export, Partner: Generalconsul M. A. Hecht   August Hecht   Jos. Simon u.  S. E.

The address book of the city of Frankfurt am Main from 1903 contains the following entry: A. M. Schiff G.m.b.H., Neue Kräme 9p., Oberleder und Schuhfournituren engros u. Export, Gesellschafter: Generalconsul M. A.  Hecht August  Hecht  Jos. Simon u. S. E. Stern  F 936  -  In the Jüdisches Adressbuch Frankfurt am Main 1935 the following entry can be found: Schiff A. M., Ledergroßhandlung, Bahnhofsplatz 12.  - The company A. M. Schiff also had a branch in Belgium in Brüssel at Rue de la Loi 119.

The roots of the Schönfeld & Wolfers company go back to 1869, when Eduard Wolfers, a native of Minden, and Moses Salomon Schönfeld founded the "Textilhandelsgesellschaft Schön­feld& Wolfers - Groöhandel mit Leinen und Teppichen ".Their dominant location was the Jaffé"Gebrüder Jaffé" warehouse, which they had acquired by purchase.Eduard Wolfers, born on April 8, 1839 in Minden, was married to Natalie Alsberg, born on February 22, 1847 in Karlshafen; the couple had 3 children - Gustav, born on August 1, 1874 in Hamburg - died on April 6, 1909 in Hamburg; Hugo, born on October 22, 1875

The company Dreifus & Lehmann für Herrenkonfektion had its headquarters here in the so-called "Hansabau" since 1910. One of the partners was the merchant and manufacturer Josef Lehmann (1853-1911), who in turn was married to Flora Lehmann, née Lauchheimer (1867-1940), an aunt of the sociologist Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). The couple, from a Jewish-liberal family, had three children: Clara, Jella and Bertha. 

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.