Hermann Tietz

Oskar's brother Leonhard Tietz later founded his own chain store ("Kaufhof").

The impressive and palace-like stores were designed to offer the customers a unique shopping experience.

When Hermann Tietz died in 1907, the firm was the "largest concern of the kind in Germany".

Oscar Tietz further developed the manufacturing side of the firm, establishing factories, organised in 22 subsidiary companies.

[2][3] Oscar's son Martin Tietz migrated with his wife to Liechtenstein in 1939 and his assets were seized by the Gestapo.

[4] In 1933, Georg Karg, the new non-Jewish owner, changed the company’s name to "Hertie Department Stores" as an abbreviation of Hermann Tietz.