Kaufhaus Hansa

Kaufhaus Hansa GmbH was a German department store chain owned by the Jewish entrepreneur Hermann Schmoller, who joined the Knopf family at an early age. The first house was opened in Karlsruhe in 1881. The company was last sold in 1952 to Hertie GmbH. The name Hansa continued to exist for the department store in Frankfurt for a few years.