Rudolf Löb
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Rudolf Löb | |
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Born |
Elberfeld, Prussia | November 21, 1877
Died |
January 30, 1966 88) Boston, Massachusetts | (aged
Nationality | German Empire |
Occupation | Banker |
Employer | Mendelssohn & Co. |
Rudolf Löb (November 21, 1877 – January 30, 1966) was a German banker with Mendelssohn & Co. and consultant to the German and Russian governments.
Löb became personal liable partner with Mendelssohn & Co. in 1919. Following the death of Franz von Mendelssohn and Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in 1935, Löb was appointed as chairman of Mendelssohn & Co. bank as the first non-family member. In the 1930s, he served as the Belgian General Consul in Berlin. In 1938 he was pressured by the Nazis' Aryanisation policy to break up Mendelssohn & Co. and sell most of its assets to Deutsche Bank. Löb emigrated to Argentina in 1939 and to the United States in 1948.
Further reading
- Förster, Andreas (1997-10-17). "Das ungeklärte Ende des Bankhauses Mendelssohn". Berliner Zeitung.
External links
- Guide to the Rudolph Loeb Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, NY
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