SERVUS! Ho pensato molto a mia nonna che è morta nel 2003 quando avevo 4 anni, ma mio padre non ha mai parlato davvero di lei perché si è perso quando è morta di cancro al colon. So che ha lavorato nella fabbrica di cioccolato a Mülheim e der Ruhr. Ho trovato questo riconoscimento per il suo lavoro a casa di mio padre, ma mi chiedo quale fabbrica di cioccolato fosse quello. Mia madre ha detto che era una grande fabbrica negli anni ’90. Sarei molto grato se qualcuno mi aiuta. Spero che abbiano una specie di foto di lei o di vecchi archivi che posso leggere o vedere. Da mia figlia, non riesco a smettere di pensare a lei e chiedermi come fosse lei con i suoi amici e colleghi. Danke!
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https://www.geschichtsverein-muelheim.ruhr/die-gruendung-der-firma-wissoll/
https://www.geschichtsverein-muelheim.ruhr/die-gruender-der-unternehmensgruppe-tengelmann-die-familie-schmitz-scholl/
Well, the factory name is written there!
Wissoll Werke Wilh. Schmitz-Scholl
extensive history: https://www.geschichtsverein-muelheim.ruhr/die-gruender-der-unternehmensgruppe-tengelmann-die-familie-schmitz-scholl/ (in German, pls use Deepl or Google Translate)
The company was transformed into Tengelmann which is a large group but the factory in Düsseldorf no longer exists.
You could contact the https://www.geschichtsverein-muelheim.ruhr/kontakt/ club that has written about the company and ask whether there is an archive somewhere but I would not expect this.
It’s the Wissoll Werke Wilhelm Schmitz-Scholl (says it right on the certificate). Today it’s called Wilh. Schmitz-Scholl GmbH. Here is a article about the new use for the old chocolate factory: https://www.iz.de/projekte/news/-die-alte-schokoladenfabrik-wird-zur-parkstadt-muelheim-2000000660
Couldn’t find any more right now. Hope this helps!
Edit: you can also find pictures on the website of the Bundesarchiv (bild.bundesarchiv.de). There you can search for “wissoll” and you’ll find pictures. (The site loads pretty slow though)
The chocolate factory has been part of the Tengelmann Group.
The cocoa and chocolate factory Wissoll (named after Wilhelm Schmitz-Scholl) was founded in 1912 in Speldorf (which is a district of Mühlheim an der Ruhr).
On June 30, 2003, Wilh. Schmitz-Scholl Schokoladen- und Zuckerwaren GmbH (Wissoll) was taken over by the Dortmund-based confectionery manufacturer van Netten GmbH. van Netten filed for insolvency on October 18, 2012; after an unsuccessful search for an investor, the company went into liquidation in June 2013.
Info from German [Wikipedia](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengelmann_(Unternehmen))