Barasch Brothers' Department Store
The department store Gebrüder Barasch (now Feniks ) in Wroclaw, Big Ring 31-32, was built from 1902 to 1904 after plans by Georg Schneider on behalf of the Jewish merchant family Barasch and opened on October 4, 1904. The building was reopened in 1965 as " Dom Handlowy Spółdzielczy Feniks " and is a listed building.
Description
Architecture
The department store was "one of the most modern and largest " department stores and Breslau with his " exposed " site on the ring and his " elaborate " interior also " one of the most " commercial buildings downtown.
The interior design with brown glass and ceramic elements built according to plans by Julius Koblinsky. In the southern part of the Interior was at the beginning of the construction of a hall, which was surrounded by stairs, near the east entrance of building a conservatory.
In 1929, the four-story about 1600 sqm asset has been modified with a total frontage of about 120 meters: The Art Nouveau façade market square has been simplified; in particular, the window above the main entrance were remodeled. A large glass globe that had been on the roof at the corner of Ulica Szewska / Kurzy Targ and had been damaged by a lightning strike, was removed in the course of this transformation.
History
The brothers Artur and George Barasch were together with Hermann Broder, Sylfriede Tietz, Gertrude Tietz, Karl Lange and Kurt Steinberg ( s) on a pro rata owner of the commercial building and the land on ring 31/32; Hintermarkt 1; Shoe bridge 75/76. All owners listed according to the Reich Citizenship Law adopted in 1935 as Jews.
The Jewish owners sold by the purchase agreement dated October 19, 1936 their shares in the department store, including warehouse for a total of 517,028.47 Reichsmarks to the merchants, and former staff of the Karstadt Group Heinrich Münster man from Göttingen and Gustav Haedecke from Stettin. The estimated value was in the balance sheet dated 30 October 1936, 1,200,000 Reichsmarks. Munster man and Haedecke each took half of the shares. The department store was named after the transfer of ownership on November 2, 1936 " Munster man & Haedecke, the department store on the ring Wroclaw GmbH".
Gradually Munster man and Haedecke also acquired 90 % of the business property, which was valued at 1,500,000 Reichsmarks and had heard the Jewish owners as a proportion Community. The former owners were able to Artur Barasch and Kurt Steinberg ( he ) the country verlassen.Als the shareholders had emigrated, they were expatriated, with their assets, including receivables from the buyer forfeited the kingdom. The buyer wanted after the Jewish assets were transferred to the kingdom, the charge of not yet paid the remaining purchase obligations for the property with alleged overpayment amounts. This concern voted the Regional Finance Bureau to in April 1943, so that Munster man and Haedecke only hatten.Münstermann to pay a total of 112,547.12 Reichsmark and Haedecke acquired by 1936, the department store for less than half of the appraised value.
"With the transfer of assets to the kingdom by the emigration and deportation of former Jewish owners benefited both the kingdom of the yet to be paid the remaining purchase obligations of purchasers as well as the merchants Munster man and Haedecke who managed an even -time discount. "
In the final stages of World War II, the department store was severely damaged; the repairs began in 1945 and 7 August 1946, the ground floor of the house was its original purpose be returned. In 1961, the entire building was renovated and modernized. In 1965 the re-opening as " Dom Handlowy Spółdzielczy Feniks "; under this name the business is operated as before. The operators there were 1995 purchase from the public domain. Another renovation takes place.