Sewing apprentices of S. Fraenkel textile factory marching in a May Day procession Portraits Groups

The Pinkus family were textile manufacturers. The factory in Neustadt, Upper Silesia (now Prudnik, Poland), was one of the largest producers of fine linens in the world.Joseph Pinkus became a partner in the firm S. Fraenkel when he married Auguste Fraenkel, the daughter of the owner. Their son Max Pinkus (1857-1934) was director until 1926.His son Hans Pinkus managed the company until it was "aryanized" after Kristallnacht. He emigrated to Great Britain with his family in 1939, and died there in 1977, after an unsuccessful attempt to rebuild the firm in Bavaria.Digital ImageTransparency availabl