Store/Shop

The Less family's manufactured goods business at Gro en Bäckerstra e 18 was affected by boycott campaigns; in 1941, the family fled into exile in the USA via the USSR   . All of their assets were confiscated by the Gestapo.

In 1906, the family Adolf and Hulda Schickler moved from Nienburg to Lüneburg. They took over the house at Bardowicker Straße 4 from Louis Rosenbaum, who had run a household goods store here. The Schicklers now set up a specialty store for shoes and men's clothing, which soon became a permanent fixture and a very popular place to shop in Lüneburg. The family lived above the store. All the children worked in the shop at times. In 1928, son Harry Schickler took over the business.

In the 1930s, Lüneburg's largest and most modern department store „Gubi“ was located at Markt 6. Henry Jacobson took over the lingerie and trousseau shop from his father and converted it into the small price store Gubi (good and cheap) in 1932. The department store offered all the everyday necessities: from clothing and stationery to food. At the time, it was very unusual for the goods to be displayed freely and for customers to be able to put together their own purchases using rulers. There was a snack bar on the second floor.

The shoe store was founded by Aron Behr in 1852 and taken over by his son Max Behr in 1917. Max Behr died in 1924, leaving behind his wife Lucie and three children. His widow Lucie Behr married Sally Baden in 1925. Both continued to run the shoe business. 

The publishing house and Hebrew bookshop Josef Schlesinger was founded in 1858. From 1898, Rosa Schlesinger, born on March 14, 1873, was the owner. The managing director and authorized signatory was Moses David Schlesinger, born on August 8, 1876. On November 14, 1938, the business was closed according to a notification from Moses David Schlesinger dated December 13, 1938 to the Vienna Property Transaction Office. Rosa Schlesinger died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her deportation date was September 10, 1942.

The Berlin address book - 1879 edition contains the following entry - Meyer Cohn, Unter den Linden 11 - Meyer Cohn was born on March 10, 1817 in Bromberg. His parents were Isaak Alexander Cohn, born in Amsterdam, and Johanna Michaelis, daughter of Meyer Michaelis von Landsberg. Meyer Cohn was married to Jeanne (Jenny) Cohn (Heymann), born in Berlin on October 9, 1830, daughter of Aron Hirsch Heymann, banker, merchant and  board member of the Jewish community in Berlin and Johanna Heymann, née Leipziger.

The master tanner and leather merchant Leopold Oppenheimer was born in Feuchtwangen on July 20, 1858. He was married to Karolina Silbermann, who was born in Walsdorf on October 25, 1864. The couple had two children - Betthy, born on March 16, 1889 Feuchtwangen, married to the brush manufacturer Steindecker in Bechhofen an der Heide, owner of the local brush factory Marx Schloß.

Benno ( Benjamin ) Bischofsheimer was born on October 1, 1865 in Feuchtwangen. He was married to Karolina Schloß, who was born on April 27, 1878 in Oberelsbach. The couple had two sons - Siegfried, born on May 16, 1902 in Feuchtwangen and Julius, born on September 2, 1904 in Feuchtwangen. Benno Bischofsheimer was registered in the following trades: - 1890 cigar trade, - 1897 trade in beer bottles, cloth remnants, tailoring articles and wagon grease, - 1899 cattle trade, - 1900 trade in beer bottles deregistered, - 1907 cattle trade, general merchandise business deregistered.

The Gebrüder Gunzenhäuser bank must have already existed before 1900. A picture postcard from 1898 (identical to the card shown - only used 6 years earlier), currently on display in the exhibition "Traces of Jewish Life in Feuchtwangen" in the Feuchtwangen Museum, bears witness to this. In the Münchner Gedenkbuch in the biography of " Selma Sophie (Sophie Selma ) Rosenthal, née Gunzenhäuser " the following information can be found about her father " Jakob Gunzenhäuser " - banker and chairman of the Jewish community in Feuchtwangen.

Hirsch Holzinger was born on December 13, 1827 in Feuchtwangen. His parents were Gabriel Meyer and Reizle Holzinger. Hirsch Holzinger was married to Fanny Oettinger, born on December 14, 1838, daughter of Marx Oettinger from Thalmässing and Therese (Doelzla) Oettinger, née Wolf from Sulzburg.