Jakob Goldschmidt
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Jakob Goldschmidt (also Jacob Goldschmidt; born 31 December 1882 in Eldagsen; died 23 September 1955 in New York) was a German-Jewish banker.[1][2][3]
Career
Goldschmidt studied banking from H. Oppenheimer in Hanover. In 1907 he worked at the National Bank in Berlin. In 1909 Goldschmidt founded the private bank Schwarz. Goldschmidt held up to 123 supervisory board mandates, including in Ufa, founded in 1917, and IG Farben (1931–1932).[4][5]
Art Collector
Goldschmidt's extensive art collection, which was auctioned off by the Nazis in the 1940s, has been the subject of restitution claims.[6][7][8][9][10]
Literature
- Michael Jurk: Jakob Goldschmidt. About the life and work of a Jewish banker 1882–1955. Master's thesis from the University of Mainz. Mainz 1984.
- Gerald D. Feldman : Jakob Goldschmidt, the history of banking crisis of 1931 and the problem of freedom of maneuver in the Weimar economy. In: Torn Interwar Period. Economic and historical contributions. Commemorative for Knut Borchardt. Baden-Baden 1994, p307.
- Gerald D. Feldman: Jewish bankers and the crisis of the Weimar Republic (Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture. Volume 39). New York 1995.
- John F. Oppenheimer (editor) u. a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , column 249.
- Hans-Christian Rohde: We are Germans with a Jewish religion. History of the Jews in Eldagsen and Springe, Bennigsen, Gestorf, Völksen (Hallermunter writings. 2). Museum in the castle courtyard, Springe 1999. p. 40–41.
References
- ^ Weitz, John (1998). Hitler's banker. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 94. ISBN 3-203-84003-0.
- ^ Goldschmidt, Jakob
- ^ Deutschlands größte Bankenkrisen
- ^ Jens Ulrich Heine: Board of Directors & Destiny, page 271, VCH publishing company, Weinheim 1990
- ^ Jens Ulrich Heine: Board & Destiny, page 270, VCH Publishing Company, Weinheim 1990
- ^ "Dutch Court Orders Return to Jewish Family of Art Bought from Nazis". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1963-01-08. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Lost Art Internet Database - Jüdische Sammler und Kunsthändler (Opfer nationalsozialistischer Verfolgung und Enteignung) - Goldschmidt, Jakob". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Works with a suspicious provenance". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "REPORT OF THE SPOLIATION ADVISORY PANEL IN RESPECT OF A PAINTING HELD BY THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM IN OXFORD" (PDF).
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Painting Lovers". www.musealeverwervingen.nl. Retrieved 2021-02-08.