Production

The tobacco factory S. Michelbacher was founded in 1824. In an inventory/census of the Israelite population in the city of Oettingen from February 17/18, 1851, the family of the tobacco manufacturer Seligmann Michelbacher is also listed. The number of souls, including the family members who also served outside the town, is given as 4. In 1892 the tobacco factory was moved from Oettingen to Nuremberg. Ignaz Hirschberg was the owner of the banking business and the tobacco factory S. Michelbacher at that time.

The company "Gebrüder Israel" was founded in 1908. Felix Israel, the director of the company "Gebrüder Israel" had a five-story factory built in 1912 at Kohlfurter Straße 41-43 and Kottbusserstraße 10. The company was known at home and abroad as a major exporter of lamps. In addition to lighting fixtures, the company also manufactured gas and water fittings. During the 1st World War, the company also produced pickel hoods. In 1931, as a result of the world economic crisis, the factory owner Felix Israel resigned from his position as director.

The wholesaler David Regensburger from Fürth bought a bankrupt weaving mill in Hof in 1871. In 1876, David Regensburger acquired the site of Grunwald`sche Dampf-Bade- und Waschanstalt and expanded the weaving mill. In 1893, David Regensburger then set up a branch operation with 160 looms in Fürth. In 1917, the weaving mill in Fürth was closed down due to the war. The looms were transferred to Hof. Owners around 1900 were Ad. Max and Alb. Regensburger. In 1921 the company was transformed into a joint stock company under the management of D. Regensburger.

The origins of the company go back to 1861 when Max Landauer set up a distillery and liqueur factory in the Kirchhöfle in Heilbronn. When in 1866 the brother-in-law Leopold Macholl joined the company, it was named "Landauer & Macholl". In 1874 Leopold Macholl left the company to establish himself in Munich together with his brother. The company name Landauer & Macholl remained. With the construction of a new steam distillery and liqueur factory in 1876 in Karmeliterstraße 15, the company's product range was also increasingly expanded.

Hermann Wollenberger founded a wine distillery and liqueur factory at Äußere Rosenbergstraße 17 in 1888. From 1930, the company was located in the newly acquired property Wollhausstraße 46, - meanwhile under the management of son Alfred Wollenberger, who also lived here with his family. Hermann Wollenberger died on March 24, 1932 in Heilbronn and was buried in the Jewish cemetery. His wife Lina Wollenberger, née Stein was forced into the Jewish old people's home in Herrlingen in 1939. She died there on March 27, 1940 and is also buried in the Jewish cemetery in Heilbronn.

In 1869, the brothers Wolf and Heinrich Schwarzenberger opened the company Schwarzenberger and Sons in Karlsruhe. In 1871 Heinrich Schwarzenberger moved the company, which had been taken over by his father Levi Schwarzenberger in Untergimpern, - trade with cotton (fabric) remnants to Heilbronn. In later times Adolf and Lothar Schwarzenberger were the owners of the company. Heinrich Schwarzenberger died in Heilbronn in 1893. His grave is located in the Jewish cemetery in Heilbronn.

Louis Steigerwald founded the Steigerwald liqueur factory in 1869. Later, the sons Siegfried, Julius and Oskar Steigerwald inherited the liqueur factory "Steigerwald AG". From 1936, the so-called "Aryanization" of the company took place. At the end of 1937, the Steigerwald brothers transferred their shares to a Heilbronn bank under pressure. From then on, the company bore the name "Lucca". After the loss of the company, the Steigerwald couple moved to Berlin with daughter Suse Steigerwald. The daughter Edith Steigerwald had already emigrated to England in 1937.