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I. Buildings Integral to the Former Life and/or Persecution of Jews in Hamburg - Neustadt/St. Pauli.© Wilhelm Mosel, Deutsch-jüdische Gesellschaft Hamburg. 1. No. 43 Eichholz.
 In 1852 the building which stands opposite Landungsbrücken underground and commuter train station was officially handed over to the "Schillingsverein für Freiwohnungen". The former foundation was founded in 1850 by Jews in remembrance of their emancipation. The Eichholz/Hafentor plot was acquired with the donations and the present building built. It contained 12 subsidized flats, 6 for christian families and 6 for Jewish families.
Initially the administation of the "Schillingsverein für Freiwohnungen" comprised both Jewish and christian citizens. Its purpose was "the comprehensive provision of appropriate accommodation over the entire city and suburbs" for "classes" of people with limited income. However, the foundation was obliged to abandon this plan in the face of continuous opposition from amongst others the Hamburg Senat. The "Schillingsverein für Freiwohnungen" or "Stiftung zum Andenken an die bürgerliche Gleichstellung der Israeliten" of 1851 was later incorporated into the "Vaterstädtische Stiftung vom Jahre 1976". Its purpose was the provision of low rent flats appropriate for elderly "worthy citizens of Hamburg living in deprived circumstances" without reference to religious belief. The charity foundation owned 4 buildings: Eichholz 51/52 built in 1851, Grabenstraße 30/31 built in 1876, Baustraße 33 built in 1886, and Tornquiststraße 19 built in 1899. The weekly rent for a family flat was 50 Pfennig, and 30 Pfennig for a single flat.
The commemorative plaque remains today on the wall level with the first storey above the entrance
of the four-storey corner building. It is inscribed with the words:
German text: Dipl.-Pol. Wilhelm Mosel, Deutsch-Jüdische Gesellschaft, Hamburg.
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