This 100 yo ad for a Jewish-owned clothing shop forced to close in '38 only recently came to light in Gelsenkirchen, Germany when the building next door was torn down. Debate raging how best to preserve it with construction plans already approved h/t Weiße Rose Gesellschaft 
City records show the Alexander family fled Nazi Germany in 1938 after they were stripped of their assets & ended up in Brazil & the US
Here's more about the Alexander family in German & English with photos. Correction of #pt: the family did not manage to flee Germany until April 1939 gelsenzentrum.de/familie_jakob_…
Gelsenkirchen plans to start by laying Stolpersteine, small memorial plaques, for the Alexanders starting with Dr Hugo Alexander, a dermatologist, & his family. His son Fred in New York has given his approval; sponsors are invited to contribute
If you're interested in contributing, here's a link to Stolpersteine Gelsenkirchen stolpersteine-gelsenkirchen.de/mitmachen.htm @_Stolpersteine_
