Store/Shop

In 1869, Salomon Bellerstein, who was just 21 years old at the time, founded his own manufactory goods shop. He moved into his business premises at the former Krefelder Straße 51, which meant that he was in the direct vicinity of Jonas Lennhoff's store, thus competing with him. The Bellerstein fashion house quickly became one of the largest of its kind in Gladbach. In 1888, 20 Jewish employees were employed here in addition to Christian ones. It is possible that Bellerstein's economic success was one reason for Josef Lennhoff's closing down the business.

In 1868, Josef Lennhoff, who had come to Gladbach only a year earlier, founded the "Manufaktur- und Modewarenhandlung Lennhoff". Lennhoff moved into his business premises at the former Krefelder Straße 47, today's Hindenburgstraße.

Josef Lennhoff advertised a lot in the Gladbach daily newspaper. Among them also reports that he had his store closed on (high) Jewish holidays. However, this does not seem to have harmed his business economically.

Already in 1856, Jacob Rothschild opened the " First Weinheimer Kleidermagazin " in Weinheim on Steinweg ( today's Hauptstraße).

In the center of Süchteln, on Hochstraße, the brothers Nathan and Jacob Lifges had their "textile store N.Lifges". The store rooms were on the lower floor, the family lived in the upper.

By 1900, the Lifges brothers had abandoned their butcher shop and moved into the textile trade. In this field they proved to be very successful economically. After the death of Nathan Lifges in 1902, Jacob Lifges took over the business alone.

In 1907 David Katzenstein rented the commercial building on Hauptstraße 137/139 from the company Pongs and Zahn. In the same year, the Katzenstein fashion and textile store opened. The opening had previously been publicized by a large newspaper campaign. In 1919, Katzenstein acquired the building.

In the Augsburg address book 1914 the following entry can be found: Thanhauser Alfred Kaufmann, Mittlere Maximilianstra;e A 6/II  -  Born on September 15, 1883 in Kriegshaber, Alfred Thanhauser was deported from Augsburg über München-Milbertshofen to Piaski on April 2, 1942. The exact date of Alfred Thanhauser's death is not known.

The Berlin address book 1875 contains the following entry: H. Sternberg jr., Cravatten- u. Wäschefabrik, Neue Königstr.10, Verkaufslokal: Spandauerstr.45 I.E. C.P. Inh. Hermann u. Max Sternberg.

In the address book München 1922 is the following entry: Spielmann Lazarus, merchant, Mühlbaurstr.1/2.- men's and boys' clothing store, Klenzestr.33 - branch Neuhauser Str.1Lazarus Spielmann was born on July 18, 1861 in Rzeszow / Galicia. On January 29, 1888 he married Frieda (Freide) Kurzmantel, who was born on December 7, 1866 in Glogow.

Theodor Rubel was born on 19.11.1884 in Hochspeyer. 

In World War I he was in the infantry and fought in Flanders, Champagne and at Verdun.

His business, which he built up after the war, was located opposite the so-called "Brown House", where the NSDAP district leadership had its headquarters, so that it was dangerous for the population to shop there already since 1933. When he had to give up his business, he was financially faced with nothing.