Store/Shop

Leon Joel was born in Colmberg on January 28, 1888. His parents were Julius Joel and Sara Joel, née Schwab. Leon Joel had six other siblings, including Karl Amson Joel, grandfather of pop musician and international star Billy Joel. Leon Joel became a member of the Chewra Kadischa in 1922/23, and when Ludwig Dietenhöfer, the community leader for many years, moved to Nürnberg in 1936 übern, Leon Joel took over the office of community leader. Leon Joel was married to Johanna Samuel, a native of Köigshofen.

The merchants Arthur and Siegfried Lewinsohn initially (1904) operated a shop for manufactures and fashion goods in Franzstra;e 3/4. Soon, the manufactures and fashion goods business became a shoe shop and shoe mail order house. From entries in Dessau address books from the time, it can be seen that the shop was located at Franzstra&szlig 3/4 in the years 1904-1907. In 1908, the shop moved to Zerbster Stra&szlig 22. From 1909, the shop was located at Askanische Stra&szlig 109, where it can be traced until 1919 with the last owner Siegfried Lewinsohn.

In 1913, the Robert Ball business is taken over by Hugo and Johanna Grünthal übern. Management Johanna Grünthal - authorized signatory Hugo Grünthal until 1914, then Julius Nathanson until 1935. Hugo Grünthal initiated an edition program of World War medals in Berlin, in which the medalist and sculptor Artur Imanuel Loewental was also involved.