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Although it is not an original "Jüdische place", the orphanage printing house is nevertheless important for the Jüdische history of Hanau. It stands in the direct tradition of the two "oriental printing houses". The typefaces and types of the Typographia Orientalis by Bashuysen were transferred to this printing house via several changes of ownership, in which Hebrew works were still occasionally printed.

The old Hebrew types of the predecessor printing house were used for the last time in the Orphanage Printing House in 1797.

In 1708, Heinrich Jakob Bashuysen, preacher of the Dutch congregation in Hanau and professor of oriental languages and church historyat the Hohe Landesschule in Hanau, established a new Oriental printing house. He used this printing house mainly to publish his own publications in the field of Oriental studies. This luminary in the field of Oriental studies initially worked closely with Jewish printers. However, he fell out with them. The dispute went all the way to the Reichshofrat in Vienna, where the files are still stored today.

In the 17th century, there was a prohibition in Frankfurt am Main according to which Jews were not allowed to own or run their own printing shops. Since there was nevertheless brisk trade in Hebrew books at Frankfurt fairs, Jewish printers either had to resort to other, Christian printing houses in Frankfurt, or move to surrounding cities where there was no prohibition of this kind. One of these "alternative cities" was Hanau.

In the address book of the city of Munich of 1905 find the following entries - Hirsch Samuel ( Meyer & Hirsch ) factory owner, Bereiteranger 15/0 Tel.241, - Hirsch Sarah, Fabrikantens.- widow      ( Fa.Meyer & Hirsch ) Bereiteranger 15/2  Tel.241

In the 1860s, twine manufacturer Wilhelm (Wolf) Chotzen (1829-1913) built a twine factory on the site. His son Otto Chotzen (1864-1950) took it over in the 1890s and converted it into a wooden bung factory. Adjacent to the company premises, the Chotzen family lived in a villa.

Ignaz Lamm, born on January 13, 1875 in Buttenwiesen was married to Martha, née Pinczower, born on May 13, 1884 in Ratibor. The couple had two sons, Heinrich Lamm, born January 19, 1908 in Munich, and Hans Lamm, born June 8, 1913 in Munich. Shortly before the birth of Heinrich Lamm, the couple had moved from Buttenwiesen to Munich, where Ignaz Lamm was the owner of a metal smelting company and was one of the royal court suppliers.Heinrich Lamm emigrated to the USA as early as 1936. Two years later, on July 16, 1938, Hans Lamm followed his brother into exile in the USA.