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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.

The beginnings of the " Hesse Newman & Co " - Bank go back to 1777, when Isac Hesse, a calico broker and money changer born in Osterode in the Harz Mountains in 1737, founded his banking business in Altona. Isac Hesse's sons Heinrich Levin and Hartwig also worked in the former banking business. In 1825, Heinrich Levin changed the name of the company to " H. L. Hesse ". Heinrich Levin Hesse was married to Mathilde Amalie Hesse, née Oppenheimer.

Richard Oppenheim was born on March 17, 1866. His parents were Joseph (later Julius) Oppenheim, born on September 27, 1828 in Echte/Harz and Emilie Wolfers, born on May 12, 1842 in Minden. Richard, a trained merchant, became co-owner of the company "Oppenheim & Co, M. Rosenstirn Nachf." around 1890-1896. In November 1896, he married the Evangelical Lutheran Ida Zimmermann. In the meantime, Richard Oppenheim described himself as "non-denominational". In 1898, he was the sole owner of the "Richard Oppenheim" agency and commission company.