Background
Her father, Isaak Raphael, was a Court Jew for the house of Hohenzollern.
Her father, Isaak Raphael, was a Court Jew for the house of Hohenzollern.
She was the sister of Raphael Kaulla. Kaulla was born in 1739 to Yitzchak (Isaak) Raphael and Rifka (née Wasserman). In 1768 she was appointed court factor in the Fürstenberg residence of Donaueschingen, selling horses, silver, jewellery and other expensive goods to this court.
In 1770 she became court factor for the Duke of Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart.
To speak in modern terms, she can be characterized as a charismatic economic leader, who came to be a treasurer at the Royal Württemberg Court, and leader of the Trading House Kaulla in Stuttgart. Kaulla received great honors, amongst them the Civil-Verdienst-Medaille with golden chain presented to her by Emperor Franz I. The golden chain is now displayed at Yad Vashem Historic museum in Jerusalem.