Apartment/Flat

Jette Gutmann, née Rosenfels, born in Dormitz, was the second wife of Moritz Gutmann, born in Hainsfarth. Moritz Gutmann died on October 7, 1932 at the age of 81 and is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Augsburg. Jette Gutmann died in Fürth on May 18, 1941 at the age of 81.

The factory owner Otto Chotzen (1864-1950) took over the twisting factory from his father Wilhelm (Wolf) Chotzen in the 1890s and converted it into a wooden bung factory. Adjacent to the company premises Otto Chotzen lived with his wife Elisabeth née Breit (1878-1948) and their three children. The family emigrated during the Nazi era. Otto and Elisabeth Chotzen went to the USA.

In the house at Lindener Marktplatz 2 Hannah Arendt was born. There a city plaque honors her life.

The plaque was unveiled on December 4, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Arendt's death, jointly by Lord Mayor Stefan Schostok and Thomas Walter, then head of the youth and social affairs department. Walter, as a private citizen, assumed the costs for the plaque.

Herschel Feibel Grünspan (also: Grynszpan) was born in 1921 at Burgstraße 36 in the middle of Hanover's old town. His parents had emigrated to Germany from Russian Poland only in 1911. After the foundation of Poland, they received Polish citizenship in 1919, but remained in Germany.

The 18th Zionist Congress took place in Prague in 1933 – shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It was a very important congress, mainly because of the dramatic changes in the political situation in Europe, especially for the Jews in Germany.

The main points discussed at the 18th Zionist Congress were:

1. Reaction to National Socialism in Germany

The congress intensively discussed the situation of the Jews in Nazi Germany.

The need to support German Jews in emigrating to Palestine was emphasized.

The house of the Blach family was built around 1700 after the city fire in 1680. The brothers bought the house in 1882 to live there and to establish their own leather shop, having already run a business under the name "Wallmann und Blach-Lederwaren en gros" at 8 Ossenreyerstrasse since 1876. In 1915, Felix Blach took over the management of the business with his son Carl-Phillip Blach, as his brother Julius Blach retired for reasons of age. Friedrich Blach inherited the Stralsund house in 1921. He was the youngest son of Julius and Selma Blach.

Meyer Magnus, born November 18, 1805 in Berlin - died February 11, 1883 in Berlin was married to Johanna, née Pollack from Vienna. Meyer Magnus was  banker, silk goods manufacturer, privy councilor of commerce, city councilor in Berlin and chairman of the board of the Jewish community in Berlin in the years from 1866-1883.

In the Allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger nebst Adreß- und Geschäftshandbuch für Berlin, dessen Umgebungen und Charlottenburg, Ausgabe 1870  the following information can be found:   - Magnus, M. - Stadtrath, Bellevuestraße 8