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In 1896, the Jewish merchant Jacob Strauss from Eisenach set up a branch office in Kempten of the retail business he had founded in 1882. In 1904, he moved to Kempten with his family and continued the business he had founded in 1882. He ran the business successfully until 1919, when he handed it over to his youngest son Josef. Josef Strau< was one of the few Jewish house owners in Kempten and owned a detached house in Wytschaetestra<e in addition to the business premises in Immenstädter Straße. In February 1938, Josef Strauß emigrated to Liechtenstein.

The enamel factory in Krakow, known as Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, was founded in 1937 by three Jewish entrepreneurs: Michał Gutman, Izrael Kahn and Wolf Luzer Glajtman. They named the factory „Pierwsza Małopolska Fabryka Naczyń Emaliowanych i Wyrobów Blaszanych ‘Rekord’ Sp. z o.o.“ and initially produced enamel tableware and pewter goods. The factory was located at ul. Lipowa 4, in the Zabłocie district of Krakow.

Back in 1877, hop merchant Marx Löwenthal owned a sizeable property here in Kapellenstraße, consisting of two residential buildings and a hop warehouse. The company flourished and was able to expand its buildings again and again. In 1907, a hop warehouse with a 25-metre-high steam chimney was added.

The address book of the city of Nürnberg from 1910 contains the following entry: Mechanische Wollwarenfabrik Lichtenhof-Nürnberg, L. Hofmann`s Sohn, (owner: Salomon Hofmann) Fabriken: Wilhelminenstr. 6 and Altenkunstadt.

The address book of the city of Nürnberg from 1923 contains the following entry: Bing Spiele und Verlag, G.m.b-h., Badstraße 3, Betrieb: Aufseßplatz 18.

The address book of the city of Nürnberg from 1923 contains the following entry: Bing Glas- und Keramik-Kommanditgesellschaft, Fabrikation und Vertrieb von Glas,- Keramik und Steingutwaren, Dianastraße 104.

The brothers Johannes and Friedrich Cruse founded the "Spezialfabrik elektrischer Steuerapparate Gebr. Cruse & Co.“ in 1914 and received the corresponding license with trade license no. 1551 dated 15 November 1914. From 1916, their company headquarters were located at Wachsbleichstrasse 26/28 in Dresden-Friedrichstadt, which they and their 80 employees initially had to share with Arnhold and Petzoldt (safe manufacturing) and later with Maschinenfabrik Kreiselrad and Blumenfabrik Oscar Alexander & Co.

In August 1911, Edmund Kussi (born on March 24, 1866 in Žihle near Pilsen) and his brothers Johann and Friedrich Cruse founded the company ‚RHEOSTAT – Spezialfabrik elektrischer Apparate Edmund Kussi‘. The company headquarters were located at Freiberger Straße 75. Edmund Kussi was also the owner of a dust extraction machine business at Waisenhausstraße 24. In September 1913, they moved the company headquarters to Leipziger Straße 31 in Dresden-Neustadt (site of the former Dresdener Maschinenfabrik & Schiffswerft AG).

The address book of the town of Nordhausen from 1903 contains the following entries: Blumenthal, Martin, manufacturer of woolen goods, Bahnhofstr.7 - Blumenthal, Louis, merchant, partner in the Martin Blumenthal company, Uferstr.9.In the 1930 population register of Nordhausen a. H. with the districts of Grafschaft Hohenstein and Ilfeld the following entry can be found - Blumenthal Martin, Baumwoll- und Leinenwaren-Fabrikation und -Großhandlung, Bahnhofstr.15.

In the Nördlingen address book from 1920, the following entry can be found under " Oettingen ": Laub Alfred, Maschinenfabr., Holzgraben C165, - Laub Hugo, Kaufmann, Maschinenfabrikant, Holzgraben C165. - Hugo Laub was born on April 7, 1883 in Gleicherwiesen. He was married to Johanna Hedwig Laub, née Rotter, born on January 15, 1899 in Glogau. Hugo Laub died by suicide on August 22, 1938.