The brothers Eduard and Adolph Becker were the founders of one of the most successful and best-known glove factories in Chemnitz. The firm Gebr. Becker operated from the summer of 1883 until the end of 1934, when it was transformed into the Eduard Becker Söhne Aktiengesellschaft.

Eduard Becker was married to Karolina Mann. The couple had four children: Lily (born 1888), Karl Christian (born 1890), Arthur (born 1893) and Richard (born 1899). The youngest son died at the age of just eleven months and was buried, unnamed, in the Jewish cemetery in Altendorf.

Arthur Becker, who had successfully completed his secondary education at the Realgymnasium in Chemnitz, served as a soldier in the First World War and returned from the
front in November 1917. In the years that followed, he played an active role as treasurer in the work of the Jewish Youth Association. He was also a passionate tennis player. As such, he supported the Jewish “Tennis-Club 1926 e. V.”

Following his father’s death in July 1918, Arthur Becker became a partner in the family business. In 1921, the then 28-year-old young entrepreneur married Charlotte Clara Frank, the daughter of a merchant from Leipzig. Their children, Fritz-Edgar and Liesel Anita, were born at the State Maternity Hospital in Chemnitz. Even before the birth of their daughter, the couple moved into the house at Goetheplatz 3, which until then had been owned by the distinguished Hilscher family of industrialists.

In 1932, Arthur Becker was elected deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Eduard Becker Soehne Aktiengesellschaft. He also sat on the supervisory board of Bachmann & Ladewig Aktiengesellschaft, amongst others. Furthermore, he held shares in Maschinenfabrik Kappel GmbH.
The Beckers took a keen interest in the city’s cultural life. Arthur Becker was a member of the Chemnitz-based ‘Kunsthütte’ association. He also owned
a number of works of art. Lotte Becker regularly attended performances at the Schauspieltheater in Chemnitz. She recorded her impressions in a ‘theatre notebook’.

Following the murder of the lawyer Dr Arthur Weiner, who sat on the supervisory board of Eduard Becker AG, the Becker brothers decided in late summer 1933 to leave the country. From then on, Arthur Becker lived with his family in the villa village of Bloemendaal in the Netherlands. In view of the looming outbreak of war, the couple and their children emigrated to Canada in April 1939 and initially lived in Montreal for several years. There, Arthur Becker became a business partner of a local glove and hosiery manufacturer. From there, the manufacturer sent care parcels to friends in Europe.

In the 1950s, Arthur and Charlotte Becker moved to the USA. The couple lived in the town of Hollywood (Florida) until their deaths. Arthur
Becker died in February 1988 at the age of 87; Charlotte Becker passed away just a few months after her 100th birthday, which she had been able to celebrate surrounded by her children and
grandchildren. At the end of 1999, their children donated an extensive collection of memorabilia relating to the history of the Becker family and the Becker Brothers Glove Factory (1908 to 1999) to the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

Fritz-Edgar, who went by the name Fred whilst in exile, continued to live in Canada. In 1996, he commissioned the Jewish Community in Chemnitz to have the grave
of the Eduard Becker family at the Jewish cemetery. Fred Becker lived in Toronto until his death.

Liesel married Ernest B. Sabloff in May 1947. They had three children: Daniel, Lynn and Nancy. In 1983, the couple
emigrated to the USA. They found a new home in Santa Cruz, California. Ernie Sabloff died on 29 January 1998. In 2001, Liesel Sabloff took part in the 10th Jewish Culture Days in Chemnitz as the city’s guest of honour. In 2022, Liesel Sabloff published her memoirs under the title “Liesel: A Century Observed”, in which she recounted, amongst other things, her returns to Chemnitz in 1992 and 2001. She has been living in a care home for several years and welcomes the laying of the Stolpersteine in memory of her family.