STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1596, sig. 109-4/1350

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1fa 4. Company was also confirmed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Troppau on 19.8.1939. Since 10.VIII.1919 I am the sole owner of the textile factory of Ed.Jerzabek & Söhne, which had been in existence here since 1815, with decree of 15.1.1880 Zl.322 from the former k.k. in place was granted the privilege of leading the imperial eagle in shield and seal and the designation of imperial king privil. factory in the company. or d d Ta e d as well as his single brothers Eduard Jerzabek ( + 10.8.1919) and Julius Jerzabek ( + 1915 ) , as also my grandfather Eduard Jerxabek d.Ã.r( + 29.11.1895 ) have made themselves nationally very worthy , were followers of Schönnerer , what the Lord's Vice-President of Bohemia Leo Schubert can testify r. , who studied and knew szt. in Moravian Neustadt ; . They were therefore in a difficult position in their profession because customers and suppliers, as well as the competitors in this sector, were mostly Jews or Czechs; they could probably keep the company for over 100 years through great diligence and austerity, but did not bring it to that size and wealth, like other companies created at the same time, to which money and connections were opened up by marriages; crisis times, stock market crash etc. they threw them back again and again, did labor hard for many years, they never came out of the troubles, were repeatedly bankrupt, were also punished for negligent Krida and were always very