Both Erna and Willy imply that our family can be traced back to the 30 Years War. The Thirty Years War fought from 1618 to 1648 left 4.5 to 8 million dead, mostly civilians from disease or starvation. Both Flehingen and Wissembourg were right in the middle of the fighting. After it was all over, the margrave of Baden thought it would be a good idea to get some protected Jews in there to provide him with some income and restart the economy.

The economic services provided by our ancestors in Flehingen were as Cattle Dealers.

Even protected Jews were not equal to other German citizens until Emancipation in 1871. And then only 62 years later, the nazis took power.