Alemannia Judaica

The textile store "Braumann & Günzburger" was located on the corner of Karl- and Karolinenstraße and was one of the oldest textile stores in Augsburg. From 1896 it was in the sole possession of the Günzburger family. In the "Weberhaus" there was an independent ladies' ready-to-wear department, which had to be reunited with the main store in 1929. Julius Günzburger was a co-owner of the textile department store Braumann & Günzburger. From 1914 he was in charge of the independent women's ready-to-wear department in the Weberhaus. The family Julius Günzburger emigrated to Brazil.

Eduard, Benno  and Sigmund Heymann initially founded the wholesale business for tailoring items Gebrüder Heymann in 1870. Later the wholesale business for clothing lining fabrics in Augsburg. In 1897, Sigmund Heymann's brother-in-law, Albert Dann, became a partner in the company and took over the business after Sigmund Heymann's death in 1905 (Sigmund died as a result of an appendectomy). He increases the company's range of short and manufactured goods and expands exports to countries such as Switzerland, Austria and the Balkan countries.

Bernhard Waitzfelder (born 1875 in Augsburg) was a partner in the leather wholesaler Bacharach & Waitzfelder. In early April 1942, Bernhard Waitzfelder and his wife Karoline, née Levy were deported to Piaski in Poland and are considered missing. The merchant Max Bacharach was also a partner in the company Bacharach & Waitzfelder. 
In the address book of the city of Augsburg from 1912 the following entry can be found: Bacharach & Waitzfelder, Lederlager (Inh. Max Bacharach und Bernhard Waitzfelder), Karlstr. D 79

The last owner of the fashion store Max Ginsberger & Co. in the Weberhaus in Augsburg was Bernhard Loeb (born in Augsburg in 1893, married to Rosa née Grünhut, two children: Gertrud, born 1921 and Fritz, born 1925). The fashion house had a large ladies' hat production (cf. displays in the shop windows). At the end of 1936, Bernhard Loeb was forced to sell his store because the city refused to renew the lease for the store. The entire family was deported from Munich to the Piaski ghetto in early April 1942; all four family members were murdered.

Gabriel Michelbacher was a member of the Israelite Religious Administration for over 44 years. From 1884  he was a board member of the Israelite Kultusverwaltung for 33 years. In 1909 Gabriel Michelbacher celebrated his 25th anniversary as a Kultusvorstand of the Israelite community.

Joel Götz, born on July 23, 1809 in Fürth was a merchant ( Handelsmann für Ausschnittswaren ) and rabbi. He was married to Nanni Götz, née Rieger. The couple had two children, Moses Hayum Götz and Sara Götz, married Schopflocher.

In the Fürth address book from 1859, the following entry is found - First Main District - Mohrenstraße - house number 45 - Götz, Joel, Schnittwarenhandlung, Firma J. L. Götz.

The massive hall of Wilhelm Wertheimer at the railroad station, about 30 m long and 15 m wide, was destroyed on September 9, 1924, by a whirlwind that overturned a large number of telegraph poles and uprooted about 600 fruit trees on its way along the road from Kippenheim to Lahr.