Noah Wolff
{{short description|German Jewish industrialist and philanthropist (1809–1907)}}
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Noah Wolff (August 18, 1809 – October 4, 1907) was an industrialist and Jewish community leader in Neheim, Germany (now Arnsberg). His headstone at the {{ill|Neheim Jewish Cemetery|de|Jüdischer Friedhof Neheim}} ({{langx|de|Jüdischer Friedhof Neheim}}) was washed away by the Dambusters raid flood in 1943 and unexpectedly found intact in 2012 during a construction project along the Ruhr.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-12 |title=Verschollener Grabstein von Ehrenbürger Noah Wolff am Ruhrufer entdeckt {{!}} WP.de {{!}} Neheim-Hüsten |url=https://www.wp.de/staedte/neheim-huesten/verschollener-grabstein-von-ehrenbuerger-noah-wolff-am-ruhrufer-entdeckt-id7233353.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202928/https://www.wp.de/staedte/neheim-huesten/verschollener-grabstein-von-ehrenbuerger-noah-wolff-am-ruhrufer-entdeckt-id7233353.html |archive-date=2017-10-12 }} The gravemarker was restored and returned to the cemetery.
Wolff and his brother ran a company called Gebrüder Wolff. They originally produced pins, needles, umbrella frames, and fishing tools,{{Cite web |date=2015-07-04 |title=neheims-netz.de {{!}} Geschichte Juli 1833: Noa Wolff grundet Fabrik for Stecknadeln u. Panzerwaren |url=http://www.neheims-netz.de/geschichte/18330700.php |access-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704100434/http://www.neheims-netz.de/geschichte/18330700.php |archive-date=2015-07-04 }} and later kerosene lamps and electrical equipment. In 1857 Wolff was the head of the synagogue district Arnsberg and was the main benefactor who funded the construction of the {{ill|Neiheim Synagogue|de|Synagoge (Neheim)}} in 1876. The synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht in 1938 but was restored in 1985 and is used as a community space.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-08 |title=neheims-netz.de {{!}} Geschichte Herbst 1831: Judische Neheimer Familien beantragen eigenes Gotteshaus |url=http://www.neheims-netz.de/geschichte/18311000.php |access-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408075320/http://www.neheims-netz.de/geschichte/18311000.php |archive-date=2016-04-08 }}
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Further reading
- Waltraud Loos: Juden im Hochsauerlandkreis im Zeitalter der Aufklärung und Emanzipation. In: Rudolf Brüschke, Norbert Föckeler: Jüdisches Leben im Hochsauerland. Fredeburg, 1994, ISBN 3-930271-18-4, S. 44
- Im Mittelpunkt: Das Licht. BJB 125 Jahre Einbindung in die Industriegeschichte Neheims Arnsberg, o. J., S. 16
- Wilfried Reininghaus: Vorüberlegungen zu einer Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des südöstlichen Westfalens in der Neuzeit. In: Katrin Liebelt: Die Sozialstruktur der Residenzstadt Arnsberg im 17.Jahrhundert (= Untersuchungen zur Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Technikgeschichte, 14). Gesellschaft für Westfälische Wirtschaftsgeschichte e.V., Dortmund, 1996, ISBN 978-3-925227-38-7, S. XXV
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