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recounted in 1987: "... those chocolates in European-looking packages: the coffee beans for the adults - in theory at least - and the cats' tongues, finger-length spatulas of bittersweet, for me and my sister." After Altmann and Kühne left the New York stage, their Fifth Avenue store was rebranded
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of 1938, Altmann and Kühne was Vienna's fourth chocolatier - a "smaller but upscale producer" trailing after the "big three" of Victor Schmidt, Heller and Küfferle. After the Nazi takeover Emile Altmann and Ernst Kühne, who were Jewish, fled to New York City. The business survived through
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brand modelled after original Altmann and Kühne products. This American business eventually expanded into a chain of three thousand outlets.
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was established in December 1939. In 1941 it was sold to an American investor and continued operating under the Austrian brand until 1958.
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Another group of former Altmann and Kühne employees who emigrated to the United States in 1938, founded the
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Sweet Tooth; $ 150 Can Be Spent for Four Pounds of Chocolates at New 5th Ave. Shop
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and continued selling chocolates "perhaps among the finest made in this country".
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Altmann & Kühne outlet on the Graben. The facade designed by Josef Hofmann.
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regularly listed Altmann and Kuhne chocolates on its Easter shopping lists.
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and World War II owing to the persistence of their employee, Mrs. Mercek.
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The business, which advertised itself as a supplier to the former
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facade designed by Josef Hofmann. It survived to date and is a
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News of Food; Delicacies With Lavender, Old Lace Theme
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News of Food; Many Novelties in Delicacies for Easter
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bonbons
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Graben
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Fifth Avenue
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Barton's Candy Corporation
List of restaurants in Vienna
Altmann & Kühne
Archived
Wayback Machine
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History (in German)

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