N. Oppenheimer Ltd.
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Date
1908-1938
Description
The storefront of N. Oppenheimer Ltd. at Bamberger Strasse 77 in Lichtenfels, Germany. The business was operated Jewish businessman Nathan Oppenheimer, whose family lived on the second floor of this building. After his death in 1920, the business was passed down to his eldest son Alfred. In 1938, as antisemitism rose in Nazi Germany, Alfred sold the business in hopes that he would be able to escape with his family. However, despite their attempts to emigrate, in June of 1942 the Oppenheimer family was sent to Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Type
Photograph
Region
Global
Era
The Great Depression and WW II, Contemporary United States
Topic
Genocide, Global History and Geography, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
Marx-Oppenheimer-Kraus Family Collections
Source
Courtesy of Oppenheimer Family
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