family business

After the death of Leopold Wohlgemuth, his widow Frederike moved with their four children back to her home community of Tiegenhof. The three Wohlgemuth brothers entered business in Elbing as owners of a mill. 

An anti-Semitic arsonist set repeated fires at Paechter's Kaufhaus but Isaak Paechter himself was arrested for the crime. He was exonerated but he chose not to rebuild and moved his family out of Tiegenhof.