Abraham Meier Straus

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Abraham Meier Straus ( September 24, 1856 in Diedelsheim - October 11, 1934 in Karlsruhe ) was a German banker and patron in Karlsruhe.

Life

Abraham Meier Straus joined the Straus & Companie bank, which was founded by his father in 1870. He became a partner in this bank, the largest private bank in Karlsruhe, which had its headquarters on Friedrichsplatz. In 1938 the National Socialists Aryanized the bank according to the language used at the time .

Kommerzienrat Straus was with Betty, geb. Bauer (1864–1932) married. In 1929 he became an honorary senator at what was then the Technical University of Karlsruhe . For the city's 200th anniversary in 1915, he donated a sculpture Flora , which was created in 1918/19 by Georg Schreyögg (1870–1934). It stood behind the main entrance of the city ​​garden opposite the Karlsruhe main station . The name of the donor, which was removed by the National Socialists in 1942, is engraved on the base. The sculpture has been in the rose garden since 1970 and again bears the name of the founder.

literature

  • Ingo Köhler: The "Aryanization" of private banks in the Third Reich. Repression, elimination and the question of reparation . Verlag CH Beck , Munich 2008 (series of publications on the journal for corporate history, volume 14), ISBN 978-3-406-53200-9 , p. 292ff.
  • Heinz Schmitt (Ed.): Jews in Karlsruhe. Contributions to their history up to the Nazi seizure of power . Badenia-Verlag, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-89735-339-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Straus, Abraham Meier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker and patron in Karlsruhe
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Diedelsheim
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1934
Place of death Karlsruhe