Store/Shop

The roots of the Levite family can be traced back to the end of the 17th century to Unterdeufstetten to Hirsch Loew. His son Sandel Hirsch Levi, born in Unterdeufstetten in 1702, was a cloth, hat and fur merchant in Mönchsroth and died there before 1770. His son David Sandel, born about 1738, cloth merchant in Mönchsroth was the great-grandfather of Lazarus Levite. The parents of Lazarus Levite were David Loew Levite, born 1805 in Mönchsroth - died May 25, 1879 and Sara Levite, née Berliner von Roth, born Dec.1818 - died March 30, 1888. Lazarus Levite owned a leather shop.

The detailed biography on "Stolpersteine Hamburg

In the address book of the city of Vienna 1916 can be found in the section " Logged companies " the following entry: Wulkan & Neubrunn, Stadt-Steinmetzmeister, Handlung mit Grabmonumenten und sonstigen Steinmetzarbeiten, III/4, Rennweg 110, T S122, Inhaber Gisela Neubrunn ( see also sculptor,Steinhändler, then Steinmetzmeister, Grabausstattungsgegenstände,Marble and marble products).

In the address book of the city of Munich 1923, the following entries can be found: Sonder Sali, Kaufmann,Andréestr.2 T - Sonder Sali, Farbenfabrik, Öl, Fett- und Lackhandlung. Business. Andréest.2 T, warehouse Donnersbergerstr. 9b ( Inh. Sali Sonder u. Julius Stern ). Sali Sonder was married to Karoline Stern, born on 18.02.1884 in Reckendorf, district Bamberg. Her brother Julius Stern and Saly Sonder were partners of Sali Sonder OHG.

In the Breite Stra;e 2 stands the residential and business house of the Binder family.

The Binder family was Jewish and owned a popular department store.

David was the businessman and father, Hedwig was the wife of David, Adolf was the son and Esther was the daughter.

Hedwig emigrated to London in 1936 and returned in 1938 after the Reichspogromnacht.On November 9, 1938 David and Adolf were arrested and imprisoned in the concentration camp Buchenwald.

Gottlob Heß was born in Ellwangen on May 21, 1863. His father was the bookseller Moritz Heß, born on May 31, 1823, married to Karoline Weinmann, born on January 20, 1839, from Wallerstein. His grandfather was Isaak He&szlig, born in Lauchheim, who ran the prosperous book and antiquarian shop J. He&szlig in Ellwangen an der Jagst. He was the head of the Israelite community in Lauchheim from an early age and was a champion of equal rights for Jews in Baden Wurttemberg.