Wertheim (department store)

Wertheim
Industryretail Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1852 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderGeorg Wertheim
Headquarters
Germany
Georg Wertheim
Catalogue, 1903-4
The Wertheim store on Leipziger Platz in Berlin, seen after 1926.
The larger atrium of the Wertheim store on Leipziger Platz, c. 1900.
The main entrance to the Leipziger Platz
Nazis picketing the main store

Wertheim was a large department store chain in pre-World War II Germany. It was founded by Georg Wertheim and operated various stores in Berlin, one in Rostock, one in Stralsund (where it had been founded), and one in Breslau. Its Jewish owners were forced out after 1933 by the new Nazi government. After the war, owner Karstadt operated various store branches across Germany under the Wertheim name, all of which either closed or were rebranded Karstadt.