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The roots of the Schönfeld & Wolfers company go back to 1869, when Eduard Wolfers, a native of Minden, and Moses Salomon Schönfeld founded the "Textilhandelsgesellschaft Schön­feld& Wolfers - Groöhandel mit Leinen und Teppichen ".Their dominant location was the Jaffé"Gebrüder Jaffé" warehouse, which they had acquired by purchase.Eduard Wolfers, born on April 8, 1839 in Minden, was married to Natalie Alsberg, born on February 22, 1847 in Karlshafen; the couple had 3 children - Gustav, born on August 1, 1874 in Hamburg - died on April 6, 1909 in Hamburg; Hugo, born on October 22, 1875

The company Dreifus & Lehmann für Herrenkonfektion had its headquarters here in the so-called "Hansabau" since 1910. One of the partners was the merchant and manufacturer Josef Lehmann (1853-1911), who in turn was married to Flora Lehmann, née Lauchheimer (1867-1940), an aunt of the sociologist Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). The couple, from a Jewish-liberal family, had three children: Clara, Jella and Bertha. 

The Schocken Kaufhaus in Stuttgart belonged to the company of the Schocken Family, founded in Zwickau in 1901. Inspired by the Bauhaus principles, a Schocken Department Store was designed and built in the years 1926-1928 in Stuttgart.The building was designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn and became an icon of modernist architecture.In the 1930s, due to its Jewish origins the Schocken family had to sell more and more of its properties and assets and in 1939 the Schocken company was acquired and re-named Merkur Aktiengesellschaft.

Source: (c) Wikipedia, Biography Alois Weiner

Jacob Eisen was born on July 2, 1879 in Gunzenhausen. His parents were the merchant Heymann Eisen and Jette Eisen, née Schoen. Jacob Eisen had an older sister - Berta, married Groß, born on January 10, 1878. Jacob Eisen married Rosa Neumarck, born in 1876 in Georgensgmünd, daughter of Emmanuel Neumark and Klara, née Gutmann, in Ansbach in 1906. As early as 1907, they acquired the house at Burgstallstra<e 4, rebuilt it and ran a raw materials business there. On August 1, 1908, their daughter Betty was born.

The address book of the city of Görlitz from 1912/1913 contains the following entry - Rothschild Louis, Kaufmann, Darm-, Gewürz-, Fleischereigerätschaftenhandlung, Schleiferei, Rauschwalder Str. 2 p, Inhaber Kaufmann Louis Rothschild, wohnt Prager Str. 27 I .

Hermann Guggenheim was born on November 20, 1864. His parents were the Zurich merchant Leopold Guggenheim and his wife Louise, née Braunschweig. Hermann Guggenheim had six other siblings. He attended school in Zürich and probably did an apprenticeship as a lithographer. He was registered as an apprentice in the 1880 Volkszählung, and the following Volkszählung in 1888 registered him as " Dessinateur Chromiste, Angestellter bei Lithograph. Frey & Conrad " in Aussersihl (Zürich).

The following entry can be found in the Landau address book from 1902: Oestreicher Ferdinand, Uhrmacher und Goldarbeiter, Marktstraße 52.  -  Ferdinand Oestreicher was born on June 23, 1866 in Aschaffenburg. His parents were Leopold Loew Oestreicher, born on June 1, 1836 in Obernau, and Charlotte Hessberg, born on May 9, 1837 in Burgpreppach. Ferdinand Oestreicher had four more siblings - Siegmund (Salomon), born June 17, 1861 - Magnus (Max), born July 28, 1862 - Joseph, born May 27, 1864 and Carolina (Lina) married Metzger, born May 24, 1867.