Production

In 1890, Kallmann Höchster moved from Vogelsberg to Fürth and founded the "Öl- und Fettwarenfabrik K. Höchster" there. In the list of commercial enterprises with Jewish owners in Fürth in 1938, Kallmann Höchster and Gustav Höchster are listed as owners/proprietors of the oil and grease goods factory K. Höchster.

The origins of the pencil factory Leopold Illfelder & Söhne lie in 1856, when Daniel Berolzheimer and Leopold Illfelder already founded the pencil factory Berolzheimer & Illfelder. When Daniel Berolzheimer died in 1859, his son Heinrich Berolzheimer took over his share of the company. Together with Leopold Illfelder, a branch office (Berolzheimer, Illfelder & Co.  or B. Illfelder & Co.) was founded in New York in 1861, later "Illfelder Importing Co" or "Eagle Pencil Co.".

After learning the trade of girdler, Gerson Löwensohn did an apprenticeship as an engraver. In 1844, Gerson Löwensohn received a license for a copperplate printing shop. In 1852, he also completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer and moved the company - now called "Lithographische Kunstanstalt G. Löwensohn" - to Sternstraße 19. In addition, Gerson Löwensohn specialized in the printing and sale of picture sheets, children's books and picture books, and in 1865 he completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller. Four years later, he introduced color printing.

!854 Josef Pfeifer Morgenstern founded the tin foil factory in Forchheim.1858 David Morgenstern, a brother of Josef Pfeifer Morgenstern buys shares in the tin foil factory for 9000 gulden. From 1861 David Morgenstern is the sole owner of the factory. In addition to his sons Heinrich Morgenstern and Kommerzienrat Dr. Friedrich Morgenstern, his son-in-law Isaak Stamm was also an employee and authorized signatory in the company. The company remained in family ownership until the so-called "Aryanization" by the National Socialists in 1938.

In 1855, Daniel Rosenthal founded the company "Daniel Rosenthal & Co.". The previously existing company "Rosenthal, Steinhart & Co." was dissolved by mutual friendly agreement. Each of the 3 partners founded a new company. Daniel Rosenthal was so successful that he was called the "pioneer of the German corset industry". In 1874 the company became a partnership. Bernhard Rosenthal, Aron Fleischer with son Samuel Fleischer joined the company as partners.