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From 1790, Jews in Silesia, including Breslau, were allowed to take up employment in industry. Soon, many became owners of land estates, banks, internationally renowned companies, and department stores. Some became professors at the University of Breslau, and among them were Nobel Prize laureates. Jews also pursued careers as publishers, journalists, teachers, and artists. However, the majority worked as craftsmen, laborers and traders. For those who could not afford education or professional independence, numerous Jewish charitable institutions often provided assistance.
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Business correspondence (postcards) of Herz family from 1907 -1913
documentMore about objectLudwig Herz, and later his son Walter, did not limit their commercial affairs to the shoe store – they expanded their business worldwide. These trade connections are evident in numerous postcards containing orders for shoes from customers and dealers not only from Europe, but also the Americas, Asia, and German colonies in Africa. Many of […]
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Storefront and logo of the Herz family shoe store, ca. 1930.
photographMore about objectIn 1894, merchant Ludwig Herz opened his shoe store in the Oppenheim House. The product range was aimed at wealthy customers, attracted not only by the high quality of shoes and accessories but also by Ludwig’s marketing skills. In advertisements and in the company logo, he played on his last name Herz, which means ‘heart’ […]
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Symphonion sold by Bial & Freund, ca. 1900.
3D model, objectMore about objectWhen in 1864 merchant Leopold Bial founded a bookstore in Breslau, he perhaps did not anticipate that the business would in time transition to a new but promising commercial model: mail-order sales. Leopold and his successors soon expanded their offerings and the catalog for Bial & Freund, their mail-order business headquartered at Taunetzienstraße 16 (Tadeusza […]
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Owners and employees of the furniture factory of Hadda brothers and Heinrich Tischler, ca. 1918. In the second row of people standing, third from the left, Heinrich Tischler, then Willy and Albert Hadda.
photographMore about objectIn 1918, as World War I was coming to an end and life was slowly returning to normal, the employees and owners of a furniture factory posed for a group photo. The factory belonged to brothers Willy and Albert Hadda, and their cousin and brother-in-law Heinrich Tischler. The Haddas and Heinrich Tischler would continue to […]
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Bial & Freund’s mail-order catalog, c. 1910.
documentMore about objectWhen in 1864 merchant Leopold Bial founded a bookstore in Breslau, he perhaps did not anticipate that the business would in time transition to a new but promising commercial model: mail-order sales. Leopold and his successors soon expanded their offerings and the catalog for Bial & Freund, their mail-order business headquartered at Taunetzienstraße 16 (Tadeusza […]
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Brockhaus Encyclopedia, 1893.
3D model, publicationMore about objectWhen in 1864 merchant Leopold Bial founded a bookstore in Breslau, he perhaps did not anticipate that the business would in time transition to a new but promising commercial model: mail-order sales. Leopold and his successors soon expanded their offerings and the catalog for Bial & Freund, their mail-order business headquartered at Taunetzienstraße 16 (Tadeusza […]
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Sklarz family kosher store by Antonienstraße (Św. Antoniego Street), beginning of the 20th c.
photographMore about object“Kosher” and “Sale of milk, butter, and cheese under the supervision of the rabbinate” – these inscriptions in Hebrew and German on the storefront informed Jewish customers about the offerings of Benno Sklarz’s store on Antonienstraße (św. Antoniego Street). The dairy products sold there were kosher, indicating that they were produced and stored in accordance […]