'Gerstel' - symbol of prosperity and quality furniture. Emil Gerstel (1870-1919), Friedrich Gerstel (1896-1967); Beer, Arms and Curd Cheese. Entrepreneurs in Inter-war Czechoslovakia in the turmoil of booms and crises

Abstract

The chapter outlines the economic and social rise of the Jewish Gerstel family, which worked its way from the Jewish ghetto in Josefov, where it traded in antique furniture, to high-quality factory-made furniture for demanding middle and higher class clientele.

Keywords

• Gerstel
• furniture
• Jewish capital
• emigration