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Snippets and Speculations.

(1) His grandaughter believed he had a rope factory in .... ? ... Kattowitz ?

This is the only information I have from any family member about Moritz.
Everything else I know about him is from the above-mentioned book by Meir Faerber.
Searching the internet for Moritz Margulies I found the following possibility:

This was on a polish web-site - "Silesian Digital Library" - in an address book for 1910 for Kattowitz. Moritz is listed as a 'Fabrikbes.' - a factory owner. They also have the address books for 1894, 1914 and for later years, but I didn't see any more mentions of Moritz.


After adding the description above about the many variations of his name,
it then occurred to me to search for Maurycy Margulies

This turned up the two sites with the following information:

1898 Jan Meyerhold i Maurycy Margulies zakładają przy ul. Modrzejowskiej 56 parową fabrykę lin drucianych;

John Meyerhold and Maurice Margulies established at Modrzejowska 56 Wire-Rope Steam Factory

Wikepedia article: History of Będzin

and

- At the begining of the twentieth century the Parowa Fabryka Lin Drucianych (Wire-Rope Steam Factory) was established in Będzin. It was owned by M. Meyerhold and M. Margulies. www.stetl.org.pl: Jewish Entrepreneurs of Będzin

This is looking promising, as Będzin, Sosnowice und Katowice are all within a few miles of each other and Jan Meyerhold also seems to have links to Sosnowice (Internet search).

But then I found another reference to Maurycy Margulies, as a businessman ... but (1856-1933) ! Our Moritz is "(1849-1921)" and this is too great a difference to ignore.

So it looks like there were two (or more) businessmen named Moritz or Maurycy Margulies in this area, and there is no way of telling which one is "ours". Even finding the old company records probably wouldn't help us here, as I doubt whether they would contain enough personal information about Moritz to be able to able to confirm whether the Moritz referred to here is my greatgrandfather.

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(2) An Internet-search for "Moritz Margulies" gives many 'hits' for a book "Bibel und Babel".

Title Information

Title (English)

Bibel und Babel

Author

[Only Ed.] Dr. Moritz Margulies

City

Kattowitz

Publisher

Julius Herlitz

Publication Date

1903

Detailed Description

Text of a lecture responding to the outrageous Bibel und Babel of Prof. Friedrich Delitzsch by Dr. Moritz Margulies. The full title is Bibel und Babel: Vortrag gehalten in der Concordia-Loge zu Kattowitz.

http://www.virtualjudaica.com/Item/13069/Bibel_und_Babel

Is this from my Greatgrandfather ?
It fits with Faerber's description of Moritz Margulies, but there are several publications from "Dr. Moritz Margulies" mentioned on the Internet and some of them are definitely medical works (and published too early). So we can't say anything definite here.

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(3) "Karl Alexander Herzog von Wuertemberg und sein Juedischer Kabinettsminister Josef Suess Oppenheimer :
Eine kultur-historische Studie" von Moritz Margulies (1921)

A study of Josef Suess Oppenheimer, the court Jew and finance minister of Prince Karl Alexander of Wuertemberg, in the 18th century. Oppenheimer's career has been the subject of a number of antisemitic works, including a propaganda film sponsored by Goebbels. Selma Stern's classic 1929 work, The Court Jew, includes a chapter on Oppenheimer. The newspaper clippings and notes include information about the treatment of the court Jew in other works, including Stern's study, and Lion Feuchtwanger's historical novel, Jud Suess. Sources: Website: ArchiveGrid and Website: WorldCatRID

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(4) All lost, alas !

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References:

1. Dr. Emil Margulies, Ein Lebenskampf für Wahrheit und Recht, Faerber, 1949, Tel Aviv
2. Vera Regine Röhl: "Es gibt kein Himmelreich auf Erden" - Heinrich Margulies - ein säkularer Zionist. Königshausen und Neumann, Würzburg 2014