Adolf Arnhold

Adolf Arnhold (born September 5, 1884 in Dresden , died December 15, 1950 in Heidelberg ) was a German-Brazilian banker.

Adolf Arnhold was born as the first child of the Dresden banker Georg Arnhold and his wife Anna. Beyer (1860–1917) was born in Dresden, attended business school in Dresden and completed practical training in Berlin, Brussels, London and New York. He then joined his father's banking house, the banking house Gebrüder Arnhold , which had been founded in 1864 by his uncle Max Arnhold and for which, at the age of 22, he received power of attorney in 1906. In 1908 he became a partner.

Adolf Arnhold was u. a. Chairman of the German Stock Exchange Association and since 1928 Honorary Senator of the TH Dresden . In 1933 he was forced out of all offices by the Nazis and also left the banking house of the Arnhold brothers in autumn 1933 as part of the process of "Aryanization" of the bank. At the age of 49, he left his professional life entirely and retired to the Berreuth manor near Dippoldiswalde .

In 1936 he was one of the first to emigrate from his family, to São Paulo , Brazil , where he built up another bank.

Adolf Arnhold died after the Second World War on a visit to Germany in Heidelberg.

literature

Entry in: Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Vol. 1, KG Saur, Munich and Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-598-23160-1 .
Volker Klimpel: Famous Dresdeners . Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 2002, ISBN 3-910184-85-5 , p. 10.

Individual evidence

↑ On the process itself and the effect on the departure see Ingo Köhler: The 'Aryanization' of the private banks in the Third Reich: repression, elimination and the question of reparations. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-53200-9 , pp. 207-239, limited book preview at books.google.de , accessed on September 2, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Arnhold, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Brazilian entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1950
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] On the process itself and the effect on the departure see Ingo Köhler: The 'Aryanization' of the private banks in the Third Reich: repression, elimination and the question of reparations. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-53200-9 , pp. 207-239, limited book preview at books.google.de , accessed on September 2, 2018.