Thread: Omega straight razor. More info! Please.

Yeah the Omega brand belonged to the Feist family. Like so much others it is a very sad story in Germany history of jewish immigrants that build up a company from a very small firm with lot of work to a well known and succesful business until the Nazi regime took over. Here is a small story of the company published in a Solingen newspaper some years ago:

The history of the Omega factory began in the 1860s, when Joseph and Abraham Feist, who had moved in, founded a steel goods trade. The two separated a short time later and Joseph Feist built up the company, which later featured the Omega next to the peacock in its logo.

Until 1933, the Jewish Feist family was one of Solingen's most respected factory owners, employing up to 110 people. Then the repression during Hitler's tyranny began. The family was still able to run its business until 1938. But after the pogrom night, the Feists emigrated. They sold the company to employees at a ridiculous price. The private assets were confiscated by the Nazi regime.

After the war, production continued until 2003, when the plant consisted of seven buildings. The city had these demolished from 2013 for safety reasons. Today, the site is undeveloped.

Regards Peter