Apartment/Flat

Dina Strauß was born on February 3, 1900 in Binswangen as the daughter of Salomon Strauß and Betty Strauß, née Binswanger.her father Salomon Strauß traded in country products,lived in Binswangen in today's Hauptstraße 30,then still house number 171 and had a warehouse in Lauingen.in 1913 Dina Strauss moved with her family to Augsburg to the purchased house at Schrannenstraße 6, from where Salomon Strauß ran the grain wholesale business J.J. Strauß.

Businessman Alfred Saulmann, born on 11.09.1893 in Heringsdorf, ran the clothing store ‘Saulmann‘ in Heringsdorf (Wilhelmstraße, today Friedenstraße 17) together with his younger brother Erich.

The unmarried Alfred Saulmann lived together with his grandmother Elise Saulmann, née. Wiele, born on 29.11.68 in Lippehne, in house no. 13 of Wilhelmstraße (today Friedenstraße).

Text of the card - Chemnitz, 5 Jan. 86 - L.E !  Today I have had no news from you; yesterday I received a card from Fanny, but I don't quite know how to make sense of it; if you hadn't written the address, I would be very embarrassed today. - It is too late to send a letter today; I hope you will receive my letter yesterday. In your possession. Tomorrow I want to go to L. - Herzl. Best wishes for you & and our loved ones from your David.  -  David Ichenhäuser was born in Fürth on September 24, 1854.

The address book of the city of Munich from the year contains the following entries: Wassermann David, merchant, Maximilianstr. 17 Hochp. - Wassermann David, in Fa. Max Wassermann, Maximilianstr. 22.

The brothers Ilia, Paul and Daniel Hepner

Born in Bialystok, the merchant Ilia Hepner (1885-1933) came to Berlin with several siblings and relatives around 1920. His family, who had previously lived in Kiev, had fled to Germany to escape the civil war in Ukraine. In the fall of 1921, he bought two houses in Berlin-Charlottenburg: at Waitzstr. 4 and Clausewitzstr. 1.

The Kiev-born lawyer Dr. Salomon Hepner (1893-1943) probably came to Berlin in 1921 with his wife Berta, née Weller (1901-1982), his son Charles (1920-2008), his parents and numerous family members. The couple were recognized as Russian war refugees in 1925. From 1927-33, the small family was registered at Bayerische Str. 8.

Josef Wachsmann was born in Feuchtwangen on February 5, 1882. His parents were the merchant and gold worker Markus Wachsmann, born in Neusandez - Galicia on March 6, 1846, and Zine, called Lina Herschander, also born in Neusandez - Galicia on May 20, 1848. Markus Wachsmann died on January 9, 1921 in Feuchtwangen - Lina Wachsmann on June 13, 1926 in Feuchtwangen. Both are buried in the Jewish cemetery in Schopfloch. From 1902-1903 Josef Wachsmann was a teacher at the Jewish school in Trabelsdorf. From 1919 he was employed by the city of Berlin as a science teacher.

The recipient of the postcard was Hermann Stern. Hermann Stern was born in Feuchtwangen on November 1, 1885. His parents were Samuel Stern, born in Feuchtwangen on May 12, 1855, and Fanny Gutmann, born in Hainsfarth on May 8, 1861. Samuel Stern was a merchant and master tanner and, according to the address, also a tannery owner. He died on June 23, 1933 in Feuchtwangen at the age of 72. He found his final resting place in the Jewish cemetery in Schopfloch together with his wife Fanny, who succeeded him on February 21, 1936.