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Willy Vobach and the legacy of a European publishing dynasty Willy Vobach came from a traditional Jewish publishing family whose roots can be traced back to the early 19th century: his grandfather, Karl August Vobach, was a publisher in Potsdam, while his father Gustav Rudolf August Robert Vobach ran the publishing house in Leipzig. From the middle of the 19th century at the latest, the family was not only active in Potsdam and Leipzig, but also in Berlin, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.

In the book by  " Hans Franke, Geschichte und Schicksal der Juden in Heilbronn " can be found on page 286 in the section - Industrie,- Handels- und Gewerbebetriebe - Jüdische Firmen gemäß dem Heilbronner Adreßbuch vom Jahre 1931 - also the following entry " Gebrüder Ottenheimer, Inh. Emil und Max Ottenheimer, Kleiderfabrik, Badstr. 4 - In the Israelite community list of April 1, 1937 (Hans Franke book, page 290) the following entries - Ottenheimer Emil, family, clothing factory, Titotstr. 9  -  Ottenheimer Max, family, clothing factory, Titotstr. 9.

The ‚Elbe-Sägewerk Schöna GmbH‘ had been owned by Emil Kaim and Albert Seligson from Berlin-Charlottenburg since 1921. They also ran sawmills in Berlin and Breslau. The Kaim couple regularly spent their vacations in their own house in Schöna na. After the Kaims were expelled from the town as Jews, at the end of 1938 the mayor of Sch na put the estate, which had possibly already gone bankrupt due to boycott measures, up for sale or lease.

Max Choyke, who had been working as an artificial flower manufacturer in Sebnitz since 1900, left the town in 1934, giving up his business, and moved to Dresden with his wife Else. Their last registered address before their deportation to Theresienstadt was the building at Zeughausstrasse 1 in Dresden, which was used as a so-called Jews' house during the Second World War until 1945.

Max Choyke

Immediately after the transfer of power to the Nazis, anti-Semitic measures were taken against the ‚Elbschloss Malzfabrik‘.

Built in 1900, the tire-shaped round hall housed several trading stalls and a Jewish poultry slaughterhouse. In 1927, the Jewish community of Krakow leased the building and built a larger butcher's shop in the previously empty inner courtyard.

The Stuttgart address book 1919 contains the following entries: Löwenstein u. Comp., Baumwollwarenfabrik, Teilh.Henriette Löwenstein We. und Paul Löwenstein, Sonnenbergstr.21 Eg. - Löwenstein Henriette, Kaufmanns We., part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Sonnenbergstr. 21. 1.u.2. - Löwenstein Paul, Kaufmann, part owner of Löwenstein u. Comp., Gartenstr.21. Eg. Cannstatt. - Henriette Löwenstein, née Seeligmann was born in Karlsruhe on March 1, 1814. She was married twice - her first marriage was to Heinrich Lahnstein, born in Bockenheim around 1794, who died in Stuttgart on January 9, 1838.

Eduard Lichtblau, known as " Rudolf " was born in Vienna on April 16, 1837. His parents were Jakob Lichtblau, born on April 14, 1811 in Senica ( Szenitz ) and Marie Lichtblau, née M ller, born on October 17, 1814 in Senica.

Metallwarenfabriken Waldes & Co. was founded on July 1, 1902 by Hynek Puc and Jindřich Waldes in Prague. The company specialized in the manufacture of press studs. There were further operations in Dresden (from 1904), New York (from 1919 Waldes Kohinoor Inc.), Barcelona (from 1921 Waldes y Cia), London (from 1922), Paris, Vienna and Warsaw.

The company was Aryanized and from 1939 operated under the name KOH-I-NOOH Metallwarenfabrik Puc und Merzinger

Today, the company still exists as KOH-I-NOOR a.s. in Prague.