Stern clothing factory
The Stern clothing factory in Horb am Neckar , a town in the Freudenstadt district in Baden-Württemberg , was founded by Lippmann Stern (May 5, 1847 - January 1, 1937) from Niederstetten .
The company developed from a men's clothing and cloth shop on the market square to a flourishing clothing factory on Mühlener Strasse. It was the second largest employer in Horb after the Gideon soap factory .
The company founder was involved in the still small, newly founded Jewish community in Horb .
The last owner and manager, Siegfried Stern (born December 1, 1872 in Horb), was murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp .
literature
- Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. 3 volumes. Gütersloher Verlagshaus , Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08035-2 . ( Online edition ).
- Heinz Högerle: The "Aryanization" of the Stern KG clothing factory in Horb am Neckar . In: Jews in the textile industry: Documentation of the meeting of the Gäu-Neckar-Alb Memorial Association on October 10, 2010 in Hechingen, ed. by Karl-Hermann Blickle and Heinz Högerle, Barbara Staudacher Verlag, Horb-Rexingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-928213-19-6 , pp. 123-144. (not evaluated)