Apartment/Flat

Elisabeth Kitzinger, born on April 2, 1881 as Elisabeth Rahel Merzbacher, daughter of Eugen Merzbacher,well-known numismatist far übeyond the borders of Bavaria and Rosa Merzbacher, née Jaffè.Elisabeth had two more siblings, Siegfried, born in 1883 and Luise, born in 1886. Early on, after graduating from the noble High School and working in the parental household - supporting her mother in all matters - the young woman noticed a desire to become socially involved in the concerns and needs of children and young people from impoverished families.

Adolf and Mathilde Arfeld moved to Koblenzer Straße 5 shortly after their marriage in 1903 and started a family there. Son Herbert was born here in 1904, daughter Erika in 1906 and daughter Herta in 1915. Herbert and Erika left the family voluntarily just before 1933 and went their own ways. Adolf Arfeld was born on 6/16/1876 in Aull. He earned a considerable wealth in Diez and the surrounding area as an efficient cattle trader with a lot of land.

The wealthy Jewish court factor Löb Heymann built a magnificent burgher house in the Baroque style in the old town of Diez at the beginning of the 18th century. Today it is a normal residential house. As a court factor he was responsible for the credits and financing of the Diez princely court. He delivered luxury goods to the castle and supplied the army with uniforms, for example. He had a wide network of family - and trade relations at his disposal.

Henri James Simon was born on September 17, 1851, and was the son of wealthy merchant Isaac Simon, who prospered through the intermediate cotton trade. Despite his interests lying elsewhere, James Simon decided to follow in his father's footsteps after graduating from high school and continued the business in 1890 with his uncle Louis Simon. In 1911, James was ranked seventh in the list of millionaires in the capital of the Empire with a fortune of about 35 million marks.

Hugo ( Naphtali ) Murr was born on March 21, 1871 in Frankfurt am Main. The parents were David ( Löb ) Murr, born in Deggingen and his wife Sofie Neuburger, born in Bad Buchau. Hugo Murr and his wife Frieda Sarah succeeded on 30.August 1940 still the emigration on the ship " Buenos Aires Maru " from Yokohama üvia San Pedro - California to Buenos Aires - Argentine.

In the address book Jüdisches Frankfurt 1935 - 1935 Jewish Frankfurt Adressbook finds the following entry - Murr, Hugo, Damen-Hüte, Kaiserstra;e 66

Max Stern and his wife Rosa, née Mainzer were deported from Würzburg to Krasniczyn near Lublin in eastern Poland on April 25, 1942.

Gustav Buxbaum was born in Bamberg on November 23, 1839. The parents were Joachim Buxbaum and Rosalie Buxbaum, née Uffenheimer. Gustav Buxbaum was married to Jette ( Henriette ) Buxbaum, née Guetermann. The couple had 2 sons, - Julius, born on April 11, 1877 and Hans, born on December 10, 1894. Gustav Buxbaum ran a hop wholesale business with a kiln and lived at Hainstrasse 20 in Bamberg. Gustav Buxbaum died on July 12, 1914, and was succeeded by his wife Jette on March 7, 1919.