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Lawyer Albert Nussbaum was also active in local politics. He was active for the SPD from 1911 - 1928 as a city councilor and from 1919 - 1928 as a district councilor. On November 9, 1923, he was among the hostages of the Hitler putschists.

Dr. Moses Hommel, born in Schweinfurt in 1869, had already been a member of the Jewish community since 1889, was a member of the Jewish Community Council in 1901 and chairman of the Jewish Community of Schweinfurt from 1914 to 1934. He was the co-founder and deputy president of the Association of Bavarian Jewish Communities in Munich and in the last years before his emigration he was involved in the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. Dr. Moses Hommel had been working as a lawyer since 1918 with the rank of a judicial councilor. His office was located in Luitpoldstraße.

Isaak Herzfelder was born on May 31, 1836 in Obernbreit. He was married to Luise Herzfelder née Löwenbach (born March 21, 1849 in Munich). The couple had two daughters: Marie verh. Gump (b. 1871) and Ida verh. Moos (b. 1886). Isaak Herzfelder died on November 11, 1904 in Augsburg. His wife Luise succeeded him on January 14, 1905 in Augsburg. Both were buried in the Jewish cemetery (Haunstetter Strasse) in Augsburg.

Dr. Fritz Frank was among other things also the family doctor of Martin Buber living in Heppenheim. A letter testifies to it, in which Martin Buber mentioned of Dr. Frank him a cure to Karlsbad had prescribed. Dr. Fritz Frank emigrated to Palestine in 1935 and settled there as a general practitioner.

Max Pincus and and his wife Rosa, née Eichenberg  moved from St. Johann an der Saar to Saarbrücken about the end of 1917. At that time, son Ludwig Pincus lost his life as a soldier in France during World War 1. Max Pincus also ran his insurance office in the Heilbronn apartment at Friedensstraße 31. Later, son Walter Pincus joined him. Walter Pincus and his wife Edith, née Oppenheimer emigrated to East Africa in 1939. Daughter Margarethe Pincus was in London in 1942.

Siegfried Gumpel settled as a lawyer in Heilbronn in 1901 and from 1923 headed the law firm of Dr. Gumpel, Koch & Dr. Scheuer.