In 1837, Joseph Seligman left Bavaria for the United States, with one hundred dollars given to him by his mother sewn into his pants. Like the Seligmans, other penniless Jewish immigrants abandoned Germany or Switzerland to find better fortune in America.
Marcus Goldman, Meyer Guggenheim, the Lehman brothers - Henry, Emanuel and Mayer - and many others... It is the story of these outstanding businessmen that the book Our World tells of their arrival in the U.S. United in the 19th century until… You have 68% left to discover.