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Hebrew translation of “Falk Valentin Gruenfeld und sein Werk” from a privately printed edition, Berlin 1934, by Joel Freudenberg.Falk Valentin Gruenfeld was born in 1837 in Leschnitz (Silesia) to the local teacher, cantor and slaughterer. He started his business career with a textile store, founded a laundry and finally established the Gruenfeld linen weaving-mill. He died in 1896.Heinrich Gruenfeld, the son of Falk. V. Gruenfeld, was born in Landeshut (Silesia) in 1865. He inherited the weaving-mill of his father and was the president of the "Hauptgemeinschaft des deutschen Einzelhandels" until 1933. He died in Berlin in 1936.Fritz V. Gruenfeld was born in Landeshut (Silesia) in 1897. He was the grandson of the founder of the Gruenfeld linen weaving-mill, Falk V.Gruenfeld. He studied economics and settled in Berlin. His wife Hilde Osborn was the daughter of the art historian Max Osborn. Their house in Berlin became a meeting point for intellectuals and artists. In 1938 the Gruenfeld family emigrated to Palestine, where he started with a laundry business. Gruenfeld was one of the co-founders of the ATA business in Israel.published (private printing, Berlin 1934); Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 140; Published in Monika Richarz: "Juedisches Leben in Deutschland": Vol. I 28 + II 22; Published in Joseph Walk: "Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden, 1918-1945": p.128.published (ed. S.Jersch-Wenzel, Berlin 1967); Published in Joseph Walk: "Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden, 1918-1945": p.12