Ernst Rudolf Anders

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Ernst Rudolf Anders (born August 5, 1872 in Dresden , † May 6, 1937 in Lakehurst , Ocean County , New Jersey , United States ) was a German entrepreneur . Until his death when the LZ 129 “Hindenburg” crashed, he was co-owner of today's Teekanne GmbH .

Life

The burning LZ 129, in which Ernst Rudolf Anders found his death in 1937.

Ernst Rudolf Anders was the grandson of the composer Carl Friedrich Zöllner and attended the Claus'sche Institute and then the Klemisch'sche Handlungsakademie in Dresden. He then did a three-year commercial apprenticeship from 1887 to 1890 . He took up his first job until 1893 as a correspondent at the colonial goods wholesaler Schlegel & Dreher Nachhaben in Dresden. In April 1893, Ernst Rudolf Anders joined the tea department of the R. Seelig & Hille company in Dresden, which was founded in 1882, and was entrusted with the external and sales organization. Together with Eugen Nissle, he acquired the company in 1898. Both were the first entrepreneurs in the German Reich to sell ready-mixed and measured tea on a large scale, which enabled them to deliver constant tea quality, regardless of the annual harvest differences. This soon became the focus of the company and led to the worldwide recognition of the company. Ernst Rudolf Anders was, among other things, a member of the German Tea Association and a member of the supervisory board of Teapot Comp. Ltd. Warsaw .

He was married to Else Anders and had a son and a daughter. The family lived in Dresden-Blasewitz , Baumschulenstrasse 19. In the spring of 1937 he and his son Rolf were planning a trip to the USA in the Zeppelin LZ 129 “Hindenburg” . 14 days before the start of the trip, Anders decided to cancel his son's pre-booked ticket and instead send him to the USA on a steamer. The reason he gave: “I don't want two of the same family to be on an airship .” On May 3, 1937, he started the journey in the Zeppelin at the Rhein-Main Airport in Frankfurt am Main . When the zeppelin was destroyed on May 6 when landing in Lakehurst by an ignition of the hydrogen filling, it was one of the 35 fatalities of the 97 people on board. Thanks to his father's decision, his son Rolf Anders arrived safely in the USA. He took over his father's share in the teapot company in Dresden.

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  1. ↑ 1937 renamed to Brucknerstrasse 19
  2. ↑ see Faces of the Hindenburg
personal data
SURNAME Different, Ernst Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Different, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1937
Place of death Lakehurst