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Doll & Fleischmann History
« on: August 23, 2026, 10:32:09 pm »
Doll & Fleischmann History

This was interesting to read as I had always thought that it was Fleischmann that was the Jewish company.

Does anyone have any deeper in depth links to read?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doll_%26_Co.
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Re: Doll & Fleischmann History
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2026, 04:07:07 pm »
There is a very sad and likely very incomplete history of the Doll / Fleischmann transition to be found on Ventix's website.

Fleischmann und Doll Dampfmaschinen und Antriebsmodelle
ventix-pages.de




He also includes links to a Trix website that appears to have a very parallel history shown for that company, which seems to include Bing.




Then there is also this highly personalized account from a granddaughter that was written just a couple of decades ago.

Toy Electric Trains and the Holocaust
jewishmag.com




He also has a link to David Curtis's webpage which apparently once held some significant historical information, but with David gone sooooo long now, that link leads nowhere!

Hope this helps some.
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Re: Doll & Fleischmann History
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2026, 09:09:27 pm »
Thanks for the links Daniel.
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Re: Doll & Fleischmann History
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2026, 11:06:51 am »
Thanks very much for the link to the granddaughter's essay. Very powerful and touching.
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Re: Doll & Fleischmann History
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2026, 07:45:37 pm »
Thank you for the links there's a lot of history there that hopefully won't be lost.