Schocken department store network

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The Schocken department store network was a prominent chain of modernist German department stores founded by the Jewish Schocken family in the early 20th century, noted for its innovative architecture and retail practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf department store chain ⓘ
retail company ⓘ
activePeriod circa 1900s–1930s ⓘ
architect Erich Mendelsohn ⓘ
architecturalFeature curved corners ⓘ
horizontal banded windows ⓘ
strip windows with glass facades ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernism ⓘ
associatedWith German modernist commercial architecture ⓘ
Jewish entrepreneurship in Germany ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolutionCause Nazi persecution of Jewish businesses ⓘ
ethnicBackgroundOfFounders Jewish ⓘ
fate expropriated under Nazi regime ⓘ
foundedBy Salman Schocken ⓘ
Schocken family ⓘ
hasCustomerBase urban middle class ⓘ
hasPart Schocken department store Chemnitz ⓘ
Schocken department store Leipzig ⓘ
Schocken department store Nuremberg ⓘ
Schocken department store Stuttgart ⓘ
Schocken department store Zwickau ⓘ
headquartersLocation Zwickau ⓘ
historicalContext rise of large-scale department store retailing in Germany ⓘ
inception early 20th century ⓘ
industry retail ⓘ
influenced department store architecture in Germany ⓘ
influencedBy modernist design movement ⓘ
legacy preserved in former Schocken buildings ⓘ
studied as example of modernist retail architecture ⓘ
locationCountry Germany ⓘ
marketingStrategy fixed prices and wide assortment ⓘ
notableEmployee Salman Schocken ⓘ
notableFor innovative retail practices ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
notableWork Schocken department store Chemnitz ⓘ
Schocken department store Nuremberg ⓘ
Schocken department store Stuttgart ⓘ
operatedIn Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
ownerUntilExpropriation Salman Schocken ⓘ
peakNumberOfStores over 20 stores ⓘ
productOrService consumer goods ⓘ
regionServed Bavaria ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Württemberg ⓘ
subjectTo Aryanization in Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedTechnology modern display and lighting techniques ⓘ

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Schocken Department Store Chemnitz → partOf → Schocken department store network ⓘ
Schocken Department Store Stuttgart → client → Schocken Department Stores ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Schocken Department Store Stuttgart → partOf → Schocken department store chain ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Schocken Department Store Nuremberg → commissionedBy → Schocken department store chain ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Schocken Department Store Nuremberg → partOf → Schocken department store network ⓘ
Alfred Messel → employer → Wertheim (department store company) ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Salman Schocken → notableFor → Schocken department store chain ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Salman Schocken → founded → Schocken department stores ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Salman Schocken → employer → Schocken department stores ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Schocken family → business → Schocken department stores ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network
Schocken family → business → Schocken-Kaufhaus AG ⓘ
linked to: Schocken department store network