Felix Japha
Felix Japha (* 1875 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † 1942 ibid.) Was a Jewish merchant and promoter of Königsberg.
Life
After graduating from the Königsberg Wilhelms-Gymnasium and a commercial apprenticeship with Bernhard Wiehler, he went to London and Paris for further training . In 1902 he and Paul Hüter acquired L. Gamm's soap factory on Steindamm, which he had founded in 1812 and which he owned and expanded until 1933.
He was Swiss honorary consul (1907–1920) and city councilor. As a donor, he participated in the founding of the town hall and the new theater , on whose supervisory board he served until 1933.
In 1933 he was able to stay in his villa in Amalienau .
In 1942, Japha and his wife committed suicide.
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings . License issue. Flechsig, Würzburg, 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Old Prussian biography , p. 967
Web links
- Documents by and about Japha, Felix in the Dodis database of Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swiss consulate in Kaliningrad in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- ↑ Stefanie Schüler-Springorum: The Jewish minority in Königsberg / Prussia, 1871–1945 (= series of publications by the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Volume 56) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1996, ISBN 3-525-36049-5 , pp. 229 .
- ^ Victims of the persecution of Jews under the National Socialist tyranny in Germany 1933-1945. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Japha, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and sponsor of Königsberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |
| Place of death | Königsberg (Prussia) |