Julius Veit was born on 17th July 1867, the son of Israel Veit, ‘Handelsmann’, a tradesman living in Emmendingen, working in Freiburg and his wife Fanny. Julius married Katharina Weil on 5.9.1894 in Landau, they lived in Freiburg im Breisach and together they had five surviving children.
Julius’s first job was as a ‘Branntwein Fabrikant’, a maker of schnapps. After witnessing a drunken street fight he decided that he didn't want to work in this industry and so began his life as a business man. He is later described as a ‘Kaufmann’, a salesman and by 1922 he was a ‘Makler’, Estate Agent with his own business.
In 1914 he volunteered, aged 48, for the war. He served in the Badischen Regiment 113 and was decorated with the Badischen Verdienstmedaille and the Iron Cross. In 1906 Julius established the ‘Buergervereinigung’ and was a city councillor until 1918. He owned Kaiserstrasse 124, later renamed Adolf-Hitlerstrasse 252 and was a revered citizen of Freiburg.
In May 1933 Julius feared he would be shut down due to too little business, Veit writes “struggling due to the strong political movement in the last months.” As a prominent, Jewish business of Freiburg, he naturally becomes the immediate target of boycott measures from 1933. On 8th April in "Der Alemanne" - a National Socialist published daily newspaper in the area of Freiburg im Breisgau - his name appears in the Freiburg boycott list.
In a letter to the tax office Freiburg, 12.3.1936, Julius wrote “I am now without means and have had to fight on the edge, in order to muster up what I need as a living for me and my wife”. Julius Veit effectively gives up the business on 8.2.1938. It legally closes on 31.12.1938. It was no longer possible for him to advertise, which is an absolute requirement to succeed in his industry.
Along with his wife Katharina and his eldest daughter Antonie, Julius was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Julius Veit died of enteritis at Gurs on 8th December 1940 and is buried in the Cimetiere Des Deportes at Gurs.
Julius’s first job was as a ‘Branntwein Fabrikant’, a maker of schnapps. After witnessing a drunken street fight he decided that he didn't want to work in this industry and so began his life as a business man. He is later described as a ‘Kaufmann’, a salesman and by 1922 he was a ‘Makler’, Estate Agent with his own business.
In 1914 he volunteered, aged 48, for the war. He served in the Badischen Regiment 113 and was decorated with the Badischen Verdienstmedaille and the Iron Cross. In 1906 Julius established the ‘Buergervereinigung’ and was a city councillor until 1918. He owned Kaiserstrasse 124, later renamed Adolf-Hitlerstrasse 252 and was a revered citizen of Freiburg.
In May 1933 Julius feared he would be shut down due to too little business, Veit writes “struggling due to the strong political movement in the last months.” As a prominent, Jewish business of Freiburg, he naturally becomes the immediate target of boycott measures from 1933. On 8th April in "Der Alemanne" - a National Socialist published daily newspaper in the area of Freiburg im Breisgau - his name appears in the Freiburg boycott list.
In a letter to the tax office Freiburg, 12.3.1936, Julius wrote “I am now without means and have had to fight on the edge, in order to muster up what I need as a living for me and my wife”. Julius Veit effectively gives up the business on 8.2.1938. It legally closes on 31.12.1938. It was no longer possible for him to advertise, which is an absolute requirement to succeed in his industry.
Along with his wife Katharina and his eldest daughter Antonie, Julius was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Julius Veit died of enteritis at Gurs on 8th December 1940 and is buried in the Cimetiere Des Deportes at Gurs.
Julius Veit was born on 17th July 1867, the son of Israel Veit, ‘Handelsmann’, a tradesman living in Emmendingen, working in Freiburg and his wife Fanny. Julius married Katharina Weil on 5.9.1894 in Landau, they lived in Freiburg im Breisach and together they had five surviving children.
Julius’s first job was as a ‘Branntwein Fabrikant’, a maker of schnapps. After witnessing a drunken street fight he decided that he didn't want to work in this industry and so began his life as a business man. He is later described as a ‘Kaufmann’, a salesman and by 1922 he was a ‘Makler’, Estate Agent with his own business.
In 1914 he volunteered, aged 48, for the war. He served in the Badischen Regiment 113 and was decorated with the Badischen Verdienstmedaille and the Iron Cross. In 1906 Julius established the ‘Buergervereinigung’ and was a city councillor until 1918. He owned Kaiserstrasse 124, later renamed Adolf-Hitlerstrasse 252 and was a revered citizen of Freiburg.
In May 1933 Julius feared he would be shut down due to too little business, Veit writes “struggling due to the strong political movement in the last months.” As a prominent, Jewish business of Freiburg, he naturally becomes the immediate target of boycott measures from 1933. On 8th April in "Der Alemanne" - a National Socialist published daily newspaper in the area of Freiburg im Breisgau - his name appears in the Freiburg boycott list.
In a letter to the tax office Freiburg, 12.3.1936, Julius wrote “I am now without means and have had to fight on the edge, in order to muster up what I need as a living for me and my wife”. Julius Veit effectively gives up the business on 8.2.1938. It legally closes on 31.12.1938. It was no longer possible for him to advertise, which is an absolute requirement to succeed in his industry.
Along with his wife Katharina and his eldest daughter Antonie, Julius was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Julius Veit died of enteritis at Gurs on 8th December 1940 and is buried in the Cimetiere Des Deportes at Gurs.
Julius’s first job was as a ‘Branntwein Fabrikant’, a maker of schnapps. After witnessing a drunken street fight he decided that he didn't want to work in this industry and so began his life as a business man. He is later described as a ‘Kaufmann’, a salesman and by 1922 he was a ‘Makler’, Estate Agent with his own business.
In 1914 he volunteered, aged 48, for the war. He served in the Badischen Regiment 113 and was decorated with the Badischen Verdienstmedaille and the Iron Cross. In 1906 Julius established the ‘Buergervereinigung’ and was a city councillor until 1918. He owned Kaiserstrasse 124, later renamed Adolf-Hitlerstrasse 252 and was a revered citizen of Freiburg.
In May 1933 Julius feared he would be shut down due to too little business, Veit writes “struggling due to the strong political movement in the last months.” As a prominent, Jewish business of Freiburg, he naturally becomes the immediate target of boycott measures from 1933. On 8th April in "Der Alemanne" - a National Socialist published daily newspaper in the area of Freiburg im Breisgau - his name appears in the Freiburg boycott list.
In a letter to the tax office Freiburg, 12.3.1936, Julius wrote “I am now without means and have had to fight on the edge, in order to muster up what I need as a living for me and my wife”. Julius Veit effectively gives up the business on 8.2.1938. It legally closes on 31.12.1938. It was no longer possible for him to advertise, which is an absolute requirement to succeed in his industry.
Along with his wife Katharina and his eldest daughter Antonie, Julius was deported from Freiburg to Gurs, France on 22nd October 1940. Julius Veit died of enteritis at Gurs on 8th December 1940 and is buried in the Cimetiere Des Deportes at Gurs.
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