Warschauer merchant family
Lewinsohn family
Law firm - Dr. Otto Elias
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
Friederike Mannheimer was born in 1872, deported in 1944 and murdered in Auschwitz.
Malt manufacturer - Hermann Eisenberg
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 and Mary Lesser, née Block
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.
Merchant - Adolf Mannheimer
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.
Fruit, flour and potato trader - Daniel Guggenheim
The following entry can be found in the address book of the city of Worms from 1876: Guggenheim Daniel, fruit merchant, with Niederlage, flour and potato merchant, Kämmererstraße 29.
Hermine Ellinger
Hermine Westheimer was born in M nchen on June 6, 1883. Her parents Salomon Ellinger, a merchant in M nchen and Karolina Ellinger, née Koch. On December 6, 1904, Hermine Westheimer married Dr. Max Ellinger, lawyer and councillor of justice, born on October 12, 1875 in München. In the announcements of the israel. Kultusgemeinde München in the Bayerische Israelitische Gemeindezeitung of March 15, 1929, Hermine Ellinger is listed in the committee for social affairs. Her husband, Dr. Max Ellinger, died on September 27, 1934 in Munich.
The Egger family
Ernst Joseph Egger and his wife Fanny Egger, born on July 12, 1870, were the owners of the house at Mommsengasse 25. They lived at the address until the Gestapo picked up the elderly couple in 1944 because of their Jewish origins. Fanny was imprisoned in the Rossau barracks, where she died shortly afterwards as a result of mistreatment by the guards. Ernst was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and murdered on December 9, 1944. The couple's two daughters, Elisabeth and Marianne, are also taken away and deported.