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The address book of the city of Görlitz from 1912/1913 contains the following entry - Rothschild Louis, Kaufmann, Darm-, Gewürz-, Fleischereigerätschaftenhandlung, Schleiferei, Rauschwalder Str. 2 p, Inhaber Kaufmann Louis Rothschild, wohnt Prager Str. 27 I .

Hermann Guggenheim was born on November 20, 1864. His parents were the Zurich merchant Leopold Guggenheim and his wife Louise, née Braunschweig. Hermann Guggenheim had six other siblings. He attended school in Zürich and probably did an apprenticeship as a lithographer. He was registered as an apprentice in the 1880 Volkszählung, and the following Volkszählung in 1888 registered him as " Dessinateur Chromiste, Angestellter bei Lithograph. Frey & Conrad " in Aussersihl (Zürich).

The following entry can be found in the Landau address book from 1902: Oestreicher Ferdinand, Uhrmacher und Goldarbeiter, Marktstraße 52.  -  Ferdinand Oestreicher was born on June 23, 1866 in Aschaffenburg. His parents were Leopold Loew Oestreicher, born on June 1, 1836 in Obernau, and Charlotte Hessberg, born on May 9, 1837 in Burgpreppach. Ferdinand Oestreicher had four more siblings - Siegmund (Salomon), born June 17, 1861 - Magnus (Max), born July 28, 1862 - Joseph, born May 27, 1864 and Carolina (Lina) married Metzger, born May 24, 1867.

The following entry can be found in the address book of the capital Freiburg im Breisgau from 1922: Darnbacher & Maier, Därme, Gewürze, Metzgereiartikel, Faulerstr. 12a 1. - The business was founded in 1929 by the families Fritz Darnbacher and Moritz Maier. However, as early as 1933, there were calls for a boycott of local Jewish businesses - including the Darnbacher & Maier store. Fritz Darnbacher moved to Alsace with his family and tried to build up a new existence there. Moritz Maier tried to continue the business in Freiburg.

The address book of the city of Munich for the year 1888 contains the following entry: Neuburger Wilhelm & Söhne, Seiden- und Posantemierwaarengeschäft en gros,Kaufingerstr.31/1.

The following entry can be found in the 1885 edition of the München address book: Schülein J. Söhne, Bank- und Wechselgeschäft, Promenadestraße 14 (T) u. im neuen Schlachthaus und Viehhof. - The roots of the " Bankhaus J.

As early as 1877, Alexander Ansbacher was a member of the 1862 Leutershausen gymnastics club and was listed in the club's membership lists until 1911. His son Selmar Ansbacher, born June 11, 1889 in Leutershausen, died with the rank of lieutenant on September 8, 1914  in the First World War. He served in the 10th Bavarian Infantry Regiment 14. Alexander Ansbacher was still living in Leutershausen in the early 1930s.

Nathan Ullmann, born in Osterberg on August 17, 1856, his brother Wilhelm, born on February 2, 1855, and their brother-in-law Moritz Kohn, born on May 7, 1850 in Luka (Verušičky - Czech Republic), together built up the wholesale company Kohn und Ullmann, which mainly sold clothing fabrics.Before that, Nathan and Wilhelm Ullmann had already founded the company Ullmann & Co.

The founder of DeFaKa  - Deutsches Familien-Kaufhaus GmbH - department store chain was the Hamburg merchant Emil Köster.  In 1924, he founded „Emil Köster Textil AG“ and „subsequently took over „Gemeinnützige Beamtenversorgungs-GmbH“. Emil Köster merged the two companies to form " DeFaKa ", which made it possible for customers to purchase goods in installments. After the inflation in Germany, Jakob Michael acquired the majority of shares in this department store chain. Jakob Michael was born in Frankfurt am Main on February 28, 1894.