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The antiquarian bookshop B, Seligsberg in Bayreuth was founded in 1828. Benedikt ( Benno) Seligsberg was born in Bayreuth on January 20, 1801. His parents were Benjamin Nathan Seligsberg, from 1814 Seliger and his wife Eleonore, née Hamburger from Fürth. Benedikt Seligsberg had four brothers - Nathan Aharon Nate, born 1799 - died 1800, - Elkan, born 1802, - Ludwig Louis, born 1803, - Berman, born 1809 and Samson Schimschon, born 1810.  Benedikt was "always crooked" and could "not learn a trade".

Carl Callmann Brenner was born on January 28, 1870 in Schwetz on the Vistula (Świecie) in Poland. He was married to Paula Nothmann from Neisse. The couple had one son - Walter. From 1911, the family lived as tenants at Thomasiusstra<e 15. From 1903, the trained merchant Carl Brenner ran the clothing fabric wholesale business " Brenner & Nathan " with a business partner in the Nikolai quarter at Poststra<e 28. The company employed around 20 people. In the course of the so-called " Aryanization "  the company was forced to sell in 1937.

In the Münchner Adressbuch 1920, the street directory at Kaufingerstraße 26 contains the " Schuhhaus Romeo G.m.b.H. - In 1922, as part of the violence against Jews in München, Simon Rosenberg, the owner of Münchner Romeo & Neptun Schuh AG, among others, was personally threatened.

The address book of the city of Vienna from 1878 contains the following entry under " Logged companies" : Schnabl Jakob & Co, chem. Producten- u. Cigarettenpapier-Erzeugnisse, Oeff. Ges. Jakob Schnabl and Ignaz Bleier, Auwinkel 5, both sign. -  The chemical product and cigarette paper manufacturer Jacob  Schnabl & Co. was founded in 1859.

The address book of the city of Vienna from 1881 contains the following entry: Mendl & Löwy, Stahlfedernhandlung, Wipplingerstraße 30.

The Vienna address book from 1874 contains the following entries - Wertheimer Josef, Ritter von, R. d. Franz Josef Ordens und der eisernen Krone III Kl, owner of the Wiener Geschäftsbericht, Präs. der Israelit. Allianz zu Wien and the israel. Ber., chairman of the israel. Kinderbewahranstalt, Vognergasse 8 - Wertheimer Josef, Repräs.des Gremiums der Wiener Kaufmannschaft, Ges. der F.S. Wertheimer & Söhne, K.K. landespriv. Saffian- u, Lederfab., II. Praterstr. 9 - Wertheimer Josef, Rit. V., Oel- u. Naturproductenhandlung, R. d. eis. Kr.

Moritz Perles was born in Prague on December 15, 1844, and after his apprenticeship as a bookseller with Schalek in Prague (1858-62) and subsequent professional experience with J. Bensheimer in Mannheim (1862-1864) and the Beck University Bookshop in Vienna (1865-1869). Bensheimer in Mannheim (1862-1864) and the Beck’sche Universitätsbuchhandlung in Vienna (1865-1869), Moritz Perles began his activities as a publisher as early as 1866 by publishing the Adreßbuch der österr.-.ungar.

Samuel Knoblauch was the founder of the " German-American Shoe Company ". He was born on June 20, 1871 in Tarnow, Galicia. His parents were Hirsch Zeew Knoblauch, a merchant in Berlin, and Paula Knoblauch, née Hirsch. On August 24, 1900 in Kurnik he married Ida Knoblauch, née Perl, merchant, born on January 27, 1869 in Kurnik. The couple had three children - Hermann, born on 12.04.1902 in Munich, - Louis, born on 06.01.1905 in Munich and Elsa, born on 28.10.1907 in Munich. Elsa Knoblauch became managing director of a branch of D.A.S. at the age of 21.

Leopold Frank, Carl Sally and Louis Lehmann founded a wholesale business for cleaning and fashion goods together in the 1890s in Köln on Hohe Straße. From the early 1930s, the fashion goods manufacturer resided at 37 Unter Sachsenhausen in a magnificent building designed by the famous German architect Peter Behren (a stately city palace for the Köln banker Eduard Freiherr von Oppenheim). Fritz Dagobert Lehmann, son of Louis Lehmann, was born in Cologne on December 11, 1879, also trained as a merchant and joined the company after finishing school.