in social intercourse. His poetic talent, which he expressed in numerous poems, mostly intended for friends and relatives ‐ many of them deeply felt lyrical poems ‐ filled my father with an easily understandable sense of pride and satisfaction even in his later years. ‐ Rare human kindness, never loudly expressed charitable spirit, most effectively supported by his wife, who was inspired by the same feelings, completed the picture of this simple, modest man. A striking feature of his good‐heartedness is mentioned here: In a meeting of the Jewish community of Ühlfeld, they discussed anxiously what should be done with the nine children left behind by the recently deceased, widowed Jewish teacher. My father, the head of that community, quickly went to the teacher's house, took the youngest of the children, a two‐year‐old boy, and brought him to his wife with the words: "You have a third child to add to our two boys, bring him up with you!" The no less merciful mother immediately agreed and, like her own sons, the orphan was trained physically and mentally to become a capable person. ‐ For his aunt (Itel Rau), his mother's sister, who lived in Baiersdorf in extremely miserable conditions, the father, supported by his wife, looked after him as lovingly as a son. She always dubbed him "My hearty son's life". During numerous visits, my father tried to help the woman, who had become confused about her surroundings and sad situation and was difficult to treat. After the old woman's death, my father was eager to provide a secure home for her unfortunate children. His strong sense of family also prompted him to help the children of his two sisters (Iglauer and Bing), who had died at an early age, as a faithful, loving adviser and friend. ‐

Of my parents' sons, Josef and Max died at a young age, while Carl lived in London as a merchant and Carl was a Royal Prussian Councillor of Commerce. Bernhard also lived to a ripe old age as a merchant in Nürberg. Simon, the youngest, still lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, as a merchant. Emma, the younger of the two daughters of Moritz Tuchmann, married to the merchant Daniel Müller in Nuremberg, unfortunately passed away in 1915, leaving behind a son, the lawyer Albrecht Müller. I myself married the merchant Jonas Frank and have only 2 of our 3 children left, as my eldest son Hugo was unfortunately taken from me by death. Martin, my second son, lives as a factory director in Grünhain (Saxony), Paula, the wife of the merchant Markus Einstein, lives in Stuttgart and has a daughter Lise.

My father moved to Fürth in 1854, where he built a large house in the property at Friedrichstrasse 26. In 1885 he handed over the house and business to his son Bernhard and moved to Nuremberg in 1894, where he spent the last 5 years of his life in my house, until a little more than 1 1⁄2 years before his death, a perfectly healthy man who stubbornly resisted all the external and internal storms of old age. Equipped with a comprehensive education, he still had an astonishing sense and wide‐ranging interest in all the events of public life, the arts and literature, even into his later years. In the autumn of 1897, his father was struck by a cerebral apoplexy, completely unsuspecting. His tenacious vitality and energy defied even this inhibition and in a very short time he recovered ‐ of course under the most careful domestic and medical care ‐ to such an extent that he was able to go out again. It was heart paralysis that put an end to the life of this unique man in 1898. May the noble father, always possessed of a restless spirit, rest in peace! ‐ ‐

May the family tree and family chronicle, created with admirable dedication and sacrifice by a still young descendant of the House of Tuchmann, provide existing and future generations with a vivid picture of the life and character of their ancestors.

‐ God be with you! ‐"

Sofie Frank   
née Tuchmann.