Add to ORKGChildhood in orthodox Jewish atmosphere of Fuerth orphanage; military service; orthodox Jewish life in Fuerth; World War I; emigration and life in Palestine. Contains drawings of the author, introduction by his grandson M. Kohn (English), speech at his 80th birthday, obituaries of his daughter and his wife, and obituary of the author by M. Kohn (Hebrew)Meier Koenigshoefer was born in Fuerth in 1872 to the director of the local Jewish orphanage. He and his eleven siblings grew up together with the orphans in the orphanage. After serving in the Bavarian army, he and his brothers founded a leather and textile business in Fuerth. Koenigshoefer was the only orthodox member in the communal executive board and a co-founder of the orthodox associat...