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According to a cabinet resolution of the Prussian
government, from 1845 all Jews had to have a hereditary name. Samsan
Nathan declared that he and his family would have the family name
Eisendrath which he had already been using for many years. The name
Eisendrath is a very unusual name and the family interpret it as
follows: “Eisen (iron)” as the hardest metal and “drath
(wire)” as the link that holds the family together. The name
is supposed to symbolise great power and unity. All present-day
Eisendraths trace their name back to their ancestor Samson Nathan
Eisendrath from Dorsten.
Prussian resolution from 1845 on taking
the family name „Eisendrath“
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