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The origins of the company Manus Katzenstein go back to the year 1842, when an ironmonger who had moved to the area founded the business. The founder was Manus Katzenstein, who was born in Erdmannsrode around 1788. Over the years, the business developed into a respected metal and iron shop and was still located at 52 Wolfhager Stra&szlig. The increasing industrialization of Kassel at the turn of the century as well as the prospering business prompted the owner Moritz Katzenstein to give up the old company location in 1905 and to move it to Sanderhauml;user Straße 17.

In the Berlin Address Book Edition 1874 - Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants of Berlin with Indication of their Status and Dwellings including all Commercial Companies - Lipman Wulf, Baumwollwarenfabrik, Papenstraße 10, Pt. - Owners Siegmund Lipmann Wulf, Moritz Lipmann Wulf and Philip Wulf.  -  Lipmann Wuf was born on November 17, 1798 in Landsberg a.d. Warthe and was married to Rachel Friederike Wulf, née Schlesinger. Lipman Wulf died in Berlin on February 20, 1864.

Philipp Neuburger married Minna Stein, born in Rödelsee on August 25, 1875, in 1905.

In the Berlin trade register edition 1926 find the following entries - Berlin umbrella factory Eugen Lichtenstein. Fritz & Walter Lichtenstein. Neue Friedrichstr. 38-40  -

Berliner Schirm-Manufactur. Lichtenstein & Co. Fritz & Walter Lichtenstein. Neue Friedrichstraße 38—40

The Berlin address book of 1926 contains the following entry: Louis Joachim vorm. N. Mendelsohn, Baumwollwarenfabrik, C2, Heiligegeiststraße 35.

In the address book of the city of Chemnitz from the year 1890 the following entry can be found: Elkan,Gebr. (company), Fabrik aller Arten Strumpfwaren, Geschäftsloc.: Beckerstr.9, Eg. Owner Bernh. Elkan Frankfurt am Main, Heinrich Falk and Jul. Bernh. Elkan here, Proc.: Rich. Isfried Elkan here. - Elkan Jul. Bernh., merchant, co-owner of the company Gebr. Elkan, Beckerstr.9, Eg II - Elkan Rich. Isfried Elkan, Proc. of the company Gebr. Elkan, Beckerstr.9, Eg II.

 Jakob Schöpflich founded the bed feather factory "Schöpflich & Adler" with Maier Löw Adler and Kommerzienrat Heinrich Rosengart. Jakob Schöpflich was married to Helene Lina Schöpflich, née Rosengart.Heinrich Rosengart was the brother of Jakob Schöpflich´s wife. Maier Löw Adler, in turn, was married to Sophie Adler, née Rosengart, an older sister of Helene Lina and Heinrich Rosengart.Later, the bed feather factory J. Schöpflich & Adler became the  Fa. Adler Bettfedernfabrik KG at Kreittmayrstrasse 5.