Show content of Salomon, Max
first name(s), surname: | Max Salomon / Max S. Shellens |
day of birth: | 03.11.1884 |
birthplace: | Frankfurt am Main |
day of death: | 19.02.1961 |
place of death: | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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The son of the Frankfurt stockbroker Emil Salomon joined the Frankfurt branch of Disconto-Gesellschaft in 1913 after completing his law studies with a doctorate. After a number of years, he advanced to head of the Secretariat (syndicate department). In 1925 he moved to the Elberfeld branch (now part of Wuppertal) of Disconto-Gesellschaft, where he became head of internal affairs. In mid-1929 he was appointed full director and co-manager of the Erfurt branch of Disconto-Gesellschaft. He retained this position even after the merger between Disconto-Gesellschaft and Deutsche Bank. At the end of 1934, he was retired early because of his Jewish descent. Already in mid-1934, Salomon moved his residence back to Frankfurt. He was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp from 11 November to 20 December 1938. On 19 April 1939, Salomon emigrated to the United Kingdom. His non-Jewish wife and two children initially remained in Frankfurt, but decided to emigrate to the USA in May 1941. In the post-war period, the family lived in the United Kingdom, where Max Salomon took his wife's maiden name - Schellens - and changed it to Shellens. Under the name M. S. Shellens, he published a series of writings on legal philosophy that attracted attention in professional circles. |
joined Deutsche Bank: | 04.03.1913 (Disconto-Gesellschaft) |
end of employment: | 31.12.1934 |
career: | 1913 - 1925 Disconto-Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main branch (1919, Prokurist [holders of commercial power of attorney], 1921 deputy director) 1925 - 1929 Disconto-Gesellschaft Elberfeld branch 1929 Disconto-Gesellschaft Erfurt branch (director) 1929 - 1934 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Erfurt branch (director) |
last known address: | Frankfurt am Main, Eppsteiner Str. 45, "Stolperstein" (literally “stumbling stone or block”, metal cobblestone commemorating an individual victim of Nazism) laid in May 2022 on the initiative of Deutsche Bank |
emigration: | 19.04.1939 to the UK |
archival source: | HADB, P02/S1062 |
literature: | M. S. Shellens, Das sittliche Verhalten zum Mitmenschen im Anschluß an Aristoteles, Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag 1958 |
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Show content of Solmssen, Georg
first name(s), surname: | Georg Solmssen | ||||
day of birth: | 07.08.1869 | ||||
birthplace: | Berlin | ||||
day of death: | 10.01.1957 | ||||
place of death: | Lugano | ||||
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life: | detailed biography | ||||
joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | August 1900 (Disconto-Gesellschaft) | ||||
end of employment: | End of May 1934 as Member of the Management Board, August 1938 as Member of the Supervisory Board | ||||
career: | 1904 - 1911 Director Disconto-Gesellschaft 1911 - 1929 Joint Proprietor Disconto-Gesellschaft 1929 - 1934 Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft 1933 Spokesman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft 1934 - 1937 Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft 1937 - 1938 Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank |
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last known address in Germany: | Berlin, Alsenstraße 9 | ||||
emigrated: | 1938 to Switzerland | ||||
archival sources: | HADB, P01/0014 | ||||
literature: | Harold James / Martin L. Müller (Hrsg.), Ein deutscher Bankier. Briefe aus einem halben Jahrhundert 1900-1956, München 2012 | ||||
links: | https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd117462497.html |
Show content of Steckelmacher, Fritz
first name(s), surname: | Fritz Steckelmacher (Frederick Stokes) | ||
day of birth: | 25.05.1885 | ||
birthplace: | Mannheim | ||
day of death: | 30.12.1987 | ||
place of death: | London | ||
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life: | Born in 1885 as the son of the Mannheim city rabbi Dr. phil. Moritz (Moshe) Steckelmacher, who came from Boskovice in the Czech Republic, Fritz Steckelmacher graduated from high school in 1901 and then began his professional career with an apprenticeship at the Weil & Benjamin bank in Mannheim. From 1906 he worked for stockbrokers in London and Paris. From February 1915 he did military service. In 1919, Steckelmacher initially returned to Mannheim to the Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft for a few months before moving to the E. Ladenburg banking business in Frankfurt as a stockbroker and authorised signatory. After the business of E. Ladenburg was liquidated during the merger of Deutsche Bank, Steckelmacher was a stock exchange representative and authorised signatory of Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft in Frankfurt and took over the position of authorised signatory at the Wiesbaden branch in October 1931. As early as September 1933, the "Betriebsführer" (manager) of the Wiesbaden branch took a stand against Steckelmacher with reference to his Jewish origins. Together with the so-called Council of Confidence ("Vertrauensrat"), he finally secured the retirement of Steckelmacher on 1 July 1935. In 1939, Steckelmacher emigrated to London with his wife. He had held British citizenship since 1911 and changed his name to Frederick Stokes. Pension payments to him were stopped in 1941. In the 1950s, Frederick Stokes worked as an accountant for a London wine merchant. His brother Ernst, district rabbi in Mannheim, was murdered in the Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp, his brother Siegfried, a neurologist, emigrated to Israel. Frederick Stokes died in London at the age of 102. | ||
joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | 01.05.1919 (E. Ladenburg) | ||
end of employment: | 01.07.1935 | ||
career: | 01.09.1901 - 31.12.1905 Weil & Benjamin, Mannheim (apprenticeship, employee) 01.01.1906 - 01.08.1908 Bierer & Co., London (correspondent) 01.08.1908 - 01.09.1911 Paul & Schweder (arbitration with Paris and Berlin) 01.10.1911 - 31.07.1914 Albert Guggenheim (arbitration with London and Holland) 1919 - 30.04.1919 Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft AG, Mannheim 01.05.1919 - 30.11.1929 E. Ladenburg, Frankfurt (exchange agent, attorney) (1930 takeover of Deutsche Bank) 01.12.1929 - 04.10.1931 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Frankfurt branch (exchange agent, attorney) 05.10.1931 - 30.06.1935 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Wiesbaden branch (attorney) 1950s accountant in a London wine business |
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last known address: | Wiesbaden, Rheinstraße 98 | ||
emigration: | 1939 to London | ||
archival sources: | HADB, P85/S0129/1; HADB, P03/S1443; HADB, P33/St0007 |
Show content of Steinthal, Max
first name(s), surname: | Max Steinthal | ||||
day of birth: | 24.12.1850 | ||||
birthplace: | Berlin | ||||
day of death: | 08.12.1940 | ||||
place of death: | Berlin | ||||
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life: | detailed biography | ||||
joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | 13.12.1873 | ||||
end of employment: | 01.05.1935 | ||||
career: | 1866-1871 Bankhaus A. Paderstein 1872-1873 A. Paderstein'scher Bankverein (Director) 1873-1905 Member of the Deutsche Bank Management Board 1905-1923 Member of the Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board 1923-1932 Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board 1932-1935 Member of the Deutsche Bank Supervisory Board |
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last known address: | Berlin, Budapester Straße, Hotel Eden | ||||
archival sources: | HADB, SG01/079 | ||||
literature: | Max Fuchs: Max Steinthal zu seinem achtzigsten Geburtstag am 24. Dezember 1930 (commemorative publication). Berlin 1930. Paul Wittig: Max Steinthal – Sein Wirken für die Berliner Hoch- und Untergrundbahnen, in: Die Fahrt – Zeitschrift der Berliner Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft, 3. Vol, No. 3, Berlin 1931, pp. 45-48. Erich Achterberg: Berliner Hochfinanz – Kaiser, Fürsten, Millionäre um 1900. Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1965. Biography Steinthal pp. 28-33. Max Steinthal: Ein Bankier und seine Bilder. Berlin 2004. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steinthal https://objekte.jmberlin.de/object/jmb-obj-173705/Stammbaum+der+Familie+Steinthal+%281720-1935%29 |
Show content of Strauss, Else
first name(s), surname: | Else Strauss | ||
day of birth: | 30.07.1896 | ||
birthplace: | Offenbach am Main | ||
day of death: | 29.01.1943 | ||
place of death: | Theresienstadt ghetto | ||
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life: | Else Strauss was the daughter of the Frankfurt merchant Siegfried Strauss and his wife Flora, née Liffmann. After attending the Lyceum and the commercial school, she worked for the Frankfurt cigar agent Julius Goetz from mid-1914 to mid-1915. At the beginning of August 1915, she joined Deutsche Bank Frankfurt branch. At that time, many men called up for military service were replaced by women with commercial qualifications. She was last employed in the bills of exchange department. Due to a severe illness (multiple sclerosis) she was retired in 1938. Her health continued to deteriorate. Else Strauss remained single. She died at the beginning of 1943 in the ghetto of Theresienstadt, where she had been deported in August 1942. | ||
joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | 02.08.1915 | ||
end of employment: | 01.04.1938 | ||
career: | 1914 - 1915 Julius Goetz, cigar agent, Frankfurt 1915 - 1938 Deutsche Bank Frankfurt branch (lastly as scale-wage employee in the exchange department) |
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last known address: | Frankfurt am Main, Marienbaderstraße 27 (before 1935 and after 1945 Karl-Flesch-Straße), "Stolperstein" (literally “stumbling stone or block”, metal cobblestone commemorating an individual victim of Nazism) laid in September 2021 on the initiative of Deutsche Bank | ||
transports: | 19.08.1942 from Frankfurt to Theresienstadt (XII/I) | ||
archival sources: | HADB, P03/S1140 | ||
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https://www.holocaust.cz/en/database-of-victims/victim/34450-else-strauss/ https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=1497270< |
Show content of Trier, Alfred
first name(s), surname: | Alfred Trier | ||||
day of birth: | 30.03.1888 | ||||
birthplace: | Frankfurt am Main | ||||
date of death: | April 1996 | ||||
place of death: | New York | ||||
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After school, Alfred Trier joined the Frankfurt private bank E. Ladenburg as an apprentice in 1903. Following his apprenticeship, he was permanently employed there and worked mainly in stock exchange trading. In late 1929, E. Ladenburg was taken over by Deutsche Bank. Due to general rationalization measures, but also for health reasons, Trier took early retirement at the age of only 42. In the meantime he had risen to the position of holder of a power of attorney (Prokurist). In February 1939, he emigrated to New York with his wife Adele, née Abraham, and his son Paul (from his first marriage). With the entry of the United States into the Second World War in December 1941, the pension payments of Deutsche Bank ended. They were resumed after 1945. Despite his challenged physical constitution, Alfred Trier reached an exceptionally old age of 108. On his 100th birthday in 1988, a delegation from Deutsche Bank visited him in New York. |
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joined Deutsche Bank: | 01.10.1903 (E. Ladenburg) | ||||
end of employment: | 31.12.1930 | ||||
career: | 01.10.1903 - 30.11.1929 E. Ladenburg, Frankfurt (apprenticeship, employess, attorney, stock exchange trading) 01.12.1929 - 31.12.1930 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Frankfurt branch (chief clerk) |
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last known address: | Textorstraße 17, Frankfurt am Main | ||||
emigration: | February 1939 to the United States | ||||
archival source: | HADB, P03/T0001 | ||||
literature: | Die Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main , 2005, p. 96 | ||||
link: | https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/81032481/alfred-trier |
Show content of Wassermann, Oscar
first name(s), surname: | Oscar Wassermann | ||||
day of birth: | 04.04.1869 | ||||
birthplace: | Bamberg | ||||
day of death: | 08.09.1934 | ||||
place of death: | Garmisch | ||||
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life: | detailed biography | ||||
joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | 01.04.1912 | ||||
end of employment: | 31.12.1933 | ||||
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1889 - 1912 Bankhaus A.E. Wassermann Bamberg, Berlin branch |
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last known address in Germany: | Berlin, Rauchstraße 14 | ||||
archival source: | HADB, SG01/084 | ||||
literature: | Avraham Barkai, Oscar Wassermann und die Deutsche Bank - Bankier in schwieriger Zeit, München 2005 | ||||
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Show content of Wolff, Hans
first name(s), surname: | Hans Wolff | ||||
day of birth: | 05.04.1911 | ||||
birthplace: | Freiburg (Breisgau) | ||||
date of death: | unknown | ||||
place of death: | unknown | ||||
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Hans Wolff was the son of Willy Wolff, director of the Freiburg branch of Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft. |
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joined Deutsche Bank: | 03.04.1929 (Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft) | ||||
end of employment: | 30.06.1933 | ||||
career: | 03.04.1929 - 31.03.1931 Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft, Freiburg branch, in October 1929 merged to Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Freiburg branch (apprenticeship) 31.03.1931 - 30.06.1931 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Freiburg branch (clerk) 30.06.1931 - 01.11.1932 Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft Mannheim branch (clerk) 01.11.1932 - 30.06.1933 Deutsche Bank Villingen branch (foreign exchange department) |
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last known address: | Niederestraße 17, Villingen | ||||
emigration: | 1933 to the UK | ||||
archival source: | HADB, P25/W26 |
Show content of Wolff, Willy
first name(s), surname: | Willy Wolff | ||
day of birth: | 23.05.1871 | ||
birthplace: | Neviges | ||
day of death: | 25.01.1964 | ||
place of death: | Freiburg i. Br. | ||
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life: | Willy Wolff, son of the merchant Markus Wolff (1833-1928) from Neviges, attended the Realgymnasium in Langenberg, which he left after the 10th grade. In 1886 he began a three-year apprenticeship at Barmer Bankverein in what is now Wuppertal. He remained there as a clerk until 1891. He then moved to the private bank Hermann Isaac in Ruhrort, where he worked as a cashier for five years. From 1896 to 1904 he was employed by the private bank Veit L. Homburger in Karlsruhe as a cashier and holder of power of attorney. After a further short period in Kassel as co-manager at the private bank Gebr. Goldschmidt, where the Mannheim private bank W.H. Ladenburg & Söhne had sent him, he joined the newly founded Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft in Mannheim in 1905, which had emerged from Ladenburg. In 1906 he moved to the Freiburg branch of Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft, where he was director until the end of 1932. Also in 1906 he married Berta Haarburger (1883-1928) from Rotweil. The couple had two children: Margot (10.11.1907 - 07.12.2000) and Hans (05.04.1911). Willy Wolff retired at the beginning of 1933. The ever-increasing repressions of the Nazi state demanded high payments from him for the "expiation tax" and the "Reichsfluchtsteuer". Wolff emigrated to his married daughter in Arnhem in the Netherlands in the spring of 1939. His remaining assets were confiscated by the Gestapo at the beginning of 1940 and his pension payments were stopped. After the occupation of the Netherlands by German troops, he again fell under the National Socialist Jewish laws. In November 1942 he came to the Westerbork collection camp, were the family of his daugther was already imprisoned since January 1942, and remained until the end of the war. On 18 January 1944 he was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt, where he was liberated by Soviet troops in May 1945. After brief stays in England and Switzerland, Wolff returned to Freiburg in March 1947, where he spent his retirement and remained in friendly contact with his successors at the Freiburg branch. Pension payments were resumed and he received compensation for lost benefits. In the late 1950s, restitution was made for his loss of assets. Wolff died in 1964 at the age of 92. |
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joined Deutsche Bank (or precursor): | 01.06.1905 (Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft, Mannheim) | ||
end of employment: | 01.01.1933 (retired) | ||
career: | 15.08.1886 - 15.08.1889 Barmer Bankverein, Barmen (apprenticeship) 15.08.1889 - 30.09.1891 Barmer Bankverein, Barmen (clerk) 01.10.1891 - 30.09.1892 military service 01.04.1892 - 31.12.1895 private bank Hermann Isaac, Ruhrort (cashier) 01.04.1896 - 01.10.1904 private bank Veit L. Homburger, Karlsruhe (cashier and holder of power of attorney) 01.10.1904 - 01.06.1905 private bank Gebr. Goldschmidt, Kassel (co-manager) 01.06.1905 - 31.05.1906 Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft, Mannheim 01.06.1906 - 31.12.1932 Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft Filiale Freiburg (director) |
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last known address: | Günterstalerstraße 61, Freiburg i. Br. | ||
emigration: | 01.04.1939 to Arnhem (Netherlands) | ||
transports: | 18.11.1942 to camp Westerbork 18.01.1944 to camp Theresienstadt |
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archival sources: | HADB, P25/W20, P25/W25 | ||
literature: | Gerhard Hirschfeld, Niederlande, in: Wolfgang Benz (ed.), Dimension des Völkermords. Die Zahl der jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, München 1991, p.157. | ||
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https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/130403310 |