Plaut-Frenkel-Beschütz Families Collection 1822-1910

The collection contains correspondence and contracts related to the firm H.C. Plaut; documents related to the marriage of Samuel Frenkel and Friederike Plaut as well as their wills and description of their estates; and documents related to Hermann Frenkel, the firm S. Frenkel, and his parents in law, Louis Wolff and Pauline Beschütz.Peter MeinhardtHerz Cusel Plaut was born in Reichensachsen in 1784. He was a Prussian soldier in the "War of Liberation" of 1813-14. He established himself as a forwarding agent and exchanger of currencies in Nordhausen in 1815. His firm was called H.C. Plaut. After he died in 1837, his wife Caroline took over the business, having worked with him from the first day of their marriage. Her eldest son Jacob helped her run the business. Later, the two younger sons, Moritz and Gustav, also joined the firm. Gustav was sent to Berlin to open a branch. In 1852, Caroline moved the headquarters of the firm to Leipzig. Her sons Jacob and Gustav were established as the partners, while her mother, aged 52, retired officially. The bank in Nordhausen was given to the husband of Caroline's second daughter's husband Friederike, Samuel Frenkel of Witzenhausen. Their son, Hermann Frenkel, married Rosa BeschützAn inventory is available in the folder.Processed for digitization bydigitize