Paechter
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Julius and Rahel (Jacobi) Paechter raised five children in the town of Tiegenhof in the Vistula lowlands. Among their vast brood of grandchildren was Isaak Wohlgemuth and his siblings, the offsping of Friedericke Paechter. By the turn of the century, family members migrated to cosmopolitan centers—Elbing, Danzig and especially Berlin. Numerous Paechter descendants survived the Holocaust and are dispersed around the world.
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Arson! The Paechter family store is targeted
In 1898, Paechter’s Kaufhaus in Tiegenhof came under repeated anti-Semitic arson attacks.
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Paechter diaspora
Paechter descendants ended up on every continent after World War II.
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Paechter roots in West Prussia
Our Paechter family prospered in the Vistula delta town of Tiegenhof. But their roots probably go back further in west Pomerania.
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The early history of the Wohlgemuth family
In 1812 in Preußisch Stargardt, an elderly Jew Moses and his sons Salomon and Herz took the surname Wohlgemuth in exchange for Prussian…
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The Paechters in Berlin
Most of the family from Tiegenhof found their way to Berlin by the early years of the twentieth century. At first they prospered—until the coming…
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The Wohlgemuths in Danzig
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
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The Wohlgemuths in Elbing
The Wohlgemuth family settled in Elbing, near to Tiegenhof, during the 1890s, where they owned and operated a water mill.
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