The TV broadcast “Kulturplatz” from November 30, 2024 reports on the decline of department stores in Switzerland. Jelmoli in particular is in the foreground. It has a similar significance in Zurich as the KaDeWe in Berlin. The article contains a historical outline, interviews with those affected, and reports on the film “Jelmoli – Biography of…Continue readingClosure of the Zurich department store Jelmoli
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At the meeting of the Committee for Culture on Wednesday, 2 October 2024, the agenda included the evaluation of the STRALSUND MUSEUM collection with regard to the realization of a department store museum. This assessment is the result of a resolution passed by the town council in 2021 to establish a department store museum in…Continue readingDepartment store special exhibition realistic
Exceptional prices at Wertheim from May 2-4 In the Stralsundische Zeitung of May 1, 1894, there is an advertisement by A. Wertheim on the third page of the 1st supplement. It announces a three-day price campaign with exceptional prices as a result of “particularly extensive agreements with factories”. Purchasing in large quantities directly from producers…Continue readingExceptional prices at Wertheim from May 2-4
June 16, 2024 marked the successful conclusion of a project that began in April of this year with an inquiry as to whether the association would be interested in a cabinet with an identification plate from Leonhard Tietz’s Cologne department store. We answered in the affirmative – and so the project began. The wardrobe came…Continue readingLeonhard Tietz cabinet donated
Ida Wolff, a native of Prenzlau, married the then 36-year-old Abraham Wertheim on April 17, 1855. Born in 1830 and of the Jewish faith, Ida was therefore 25 years old and – due to her father’s profession – she contributed her expertise to her husband’s Stralsund manufacturing business. She was actively involved in the business…Continue readingWelcome, Ida!
In the summer of 2023, our association member Friederike Fechner visited both Leonhard Tietz’s granddaughter Vera Peck (daughter of Gerhard Tietz and his wife Bella Tietz née Schuty), who is over 90 years old, and her great-granddaughter Kay Graham (daughter of Luise Tietz and her husband Oskar Eliel) in London and brought them the novel…Continue readingVisit to Tietz ancestors – Remembering Leonhard Tietz
After the publishing of his book “The Kaiser, Hitler and the Jewish Department Store”, the historian and heraldist Dr. John F. Müller contacted our association. He was looking for a place to store all the materials he had researched and acquired in connection with his book. We quickly came to an agreement and he donated…Continue readingArchive of Dr. John F. Müller arrived
Especially against the background of the Signa Group’s decline, it is interesting to look at the past. And so we are often asked for literature on the department stores and the founding families. We are happy to list the books that are also part of our association’s collection: The three small-format books by Nils Busch-Petersen…Continue readingLiterature on Wertheim, Tietz & Co.
We would like to wish all association members, cooperation partners, and interested parties a happy festive season and a good start to 2024. Many people also like to spend the Christmas season visiting Christmas markets. During our visit to the Christmas market in Magdeburg, the Karstadt department store also blended into the bright city center.…Continue readingHappy holidays
The series of novels about the Tietz family and their department stores is now complete, three books have been published by “Aufbau Taschenbuch”. The important thing is that the facts are correct. The author Andreas Schmidt (Susanne von Berg is his pseudonym) has composed a story around them that allows you to feel the time…Continue readingSeries of novels about the Tietz family completed