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Julius Hirsch was born on April 11, 1872 in Berlin and was married to Ida Hirsch, née Arnfeld, born on May 2, 1872 in Bad Polzin (Pomerania). He was a fund broker and stamp dealer and initially ran a mail-order stamp business (without a store) at Burgstrasse 27. After moving out of Burgstrasse, Julius Hirsch took over a store at Kurfürstendamm 130 and had the stamp business with the stamp and art divisions entered in the Berlin commercial register in 1938. After the November pogrom of 1938, the closure of Jewish retail stores was enforced on January 1, 1939.

The address book of the city of Hanover from 1870 contains the following entry:Simon Alexander, Banqiergeschäft,Inhaber: Alexander und Moritz Simon,Schillerstraße 30.p. - Alexander Simon was born on July 4, 1798 in Memmelsdorf.He was married to Fanny Simon, née Worms, who was born in Frankfurt am Main in January 1804.

Harry Ruben was born in Copenhagen on September 4, 1876. His parents were Meinert Moritz Ruben, born on February 5, 1841 in Copenhagen and Henriette Ruben, née Levin, born on April 27, 1840 in Copenhagen. Harry Ruben was married to Klara Ruben, née Abersteen, born on June 21, 1876 in Gothenburg. Her parents were Chaim Tzvi Oberstein, born on July 1, 1842 and Leah Faiga Oberstein, née Bergman, born on April 1, 1842 in Wiżajny in Poland. Harry Ruben was a stamp dealer in Copenhagen. He died in Copenhagen on May 2, 1925 at the age of 48.

The address book of the city of Stuttgart from 1875 contains the following entries: Cahn & Weilmann, en gros - business in mercerie and haberdashery. Eberhardstraße 65.p. Their apartment: Olgastraße 61 (See also Kahn) -  Kahn, Fritz Maier, merchant, Olgastraße 61. 2. - Kahn Gebr., Ro&sz;haarhandlung en gros, Olgastra&sz;e 61. - p. u. Hhs. - Kahn Jette, Kaufmanns-We., Olgastraße 61. 2. - Weilmann Fanny, Kaufmanns-We., Olgastraße 61. 2. - Meier Kahn was born on March 20, 1806 in Freudenthal. He was married to Jette (Jitel) Levi, who was born in Freudenthal on May 15, 1920.

The address book of the city of Stuttgart from 1895 contains the following entries: Nördlinger & Co, Bankgeschäft. Owner S. H. Nördlinger, Königstraße 54 - Nördlinger Sali H., Banquier, owner of the company Nördlinger & Co. and the Maschinenziegelei Stuttgart-Ostheim, Fischerstraße 4. 2.  - Gutmann Guido, merchant, agency and advertisement expedition business, Silberburgstraße 86. 2.

The Stuttgart address book of 1923 contains the following entries: Leiter Albert, merchant, partner in Leiter & Cie, Hackstr. 22. 3. - Leiter & Cie, textile goods wholesaler, owner: Albert Leiter and Alfred Levi, Leonhardsplatz 13. eg. The following entry can be found in the memorial book " Weg und Schicksal der Stuttgarter Juden ": Leiter Albert, Webwarengroßhandlung, Keplerstraße 23.

Abram Schwarzberg received a concession to open a kosher butcher’s shop in 1947. For the majority of the DPs, the availability of kosher slaughtered meat was very important. On February 2, 1947, Schwarzberg’s shop was vandalized when a stone was thrown through the window in an antisemitic attack.

The textile merchant Joseph Fränkel, born 18.06.1888, ran a white goods business at Leubener Str. 2. He was married to Ida Fränkel, widowed Steinhart. Ida had two children from her first marriage, Alfred and Herta. Joseph and Ida Fränkel were taken to the Hellerberg Jewish camp on November 23/24, 1942. Both had to perform forced labor in the Goehle factory, a Zeiss Ikon AG factory. On March 2, 1943, the camp was dissolved and all the inmates, including Joseph and Ida Fränkel, were deported from Neustadt station to Auschwitz.

Ida Fränkel was born on December 9, 1887 in Tachov (German: Tachau) in the western Bohemian region of Pilsen. She was born and widowed Steinhart. Ida's first husband Max Steinhart had died in 1925 and she had two children from this marriage, Alfred and Herta Steinhart. Ida Fränkel was the owner of the Max Steinhart department store for household and kitchen appliances at Louisenstrasse 39, on the corner of Alaunstrasse. She also worked there.