Apartment/Flat

The Gärtner family lived in Barnstorf from 1910, most recently at Bahnhofstra<e 139, the house we are standing in front of. Before they moved in here, they lived with the Wesermann family for some time.

In Barnstorf, Max Gärtner was a respected cattle dealer, just like his father and his brother. He owned a plot of land with stables; he also had a lot of grazing land in the community. Max Gärtner preferred to trade in large livestock: he bought the cattle in the surrounding area and sold them in Osnabrück and Dortmund.

The Dortmund address book from 1930 contains the following entry:  Elias Otto, Dr., Rechtsanwalt u. Notar, F 37352, Hansastr.50, Wohn: Prinz-Friedrich-Karl Str.15. - Otto (Salomon) Elias was born in Dortmund in March 1876. His parents were the merchant Adolph Elias and Julie, née Schwarz. On June 3, 1899, Otto Elias received his doctorate in Erlangen on the subject of „The loan mortgage according to common and civil law“. From 1907, the lawyer worked in a law firm partnership with his brother-in-law Dr.

Friederike Mannheimer was born in 1872, deported in 1944 and murdered in Auschwitz.

The address book of the city of Erfurt from 1909 contains the following entries: Eisenberg Hermann, merchant and malt manufacturer, Schillerstr. 7 - Company: J. Eisenberg, malt factory in Jlversgegehofen (factory and office), Jlversgehofen, railroad station and Schillerstr. 7 - Eisenberg Julius, merchant and malt factory, Schillerstr.44/1./J. Eisenberg,Jlversgehofen,Bahnhof u, Schillerstr.44/1.

Max Lesser was born on May 31, 1878 in Schwersenz (near Poznan). He grew up in an important Jewish family of entrepreneurs. The Lessers had been building agricultural machinery since the late 19th century. The Lesser brothers' factory in Poznan, which at times employed 400 people, was considered the largest manufacturer of potato harvesters in Europe.

After the First World War, Poznan became Polish and the factory was sold.

The following entries can be found in the address book of the city of Worms: Mannheimer Adolf, merchant, Judengasse 5; - Mannheimer Eugenie, without trade, Judengasse 5.