Georg Wertheim

Georg Wertheim (February 11, 1857, Stralsund – December 31, 1939, Berlin) was a German merchant and founder of the popular Wertheim chain of department stores. Wertheim grew up in Stralsund. After being an apprentice at Wolff and Apolant, Wertheim along with his brother Hugo, took over in 1876 their parents' (Abraham and Ida Wertheim) haberdashery, founded in 1875. However, it increasingly appeared that the limitations, which arose due to the shops' locations within old housing: the rooms were not especially large and made further expansion scarcely possible.

Georg Wertheim

Georg Wertheim (February 11, 1857, Stralsund – December 31, 1939, Berlin) was a German merchant and founder of the popular Wertheim chain of department stores. Wertheim grew up in Stralsund. After being an apprentice at Wolff and Apolant, Wertheim along with his brother Hugo, took over in 1876 their parents' (Abraham and Ida Wertheim) haberdashery, founded in 1875. However, it increasingly appeared that the limitations, which arose due to the shops' locations within old housing: the rooms were not especially large and made further expansion scarcely possible.