Gustav von Metzler

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Hugo Christian Gustav von Metzler (born September 9, 1908 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1984 ) was a German banker and partner in the Benjamin Metzler banking house in Frankfurt am Main.

Life

Von Metzler was born the son of the banker Hugo von Metzler. He studied law and graduated with a doctorate . In March 1937 he became a partner in the “ Bankhaus Benjamin Metzler ” in Frankfurt and a member of the management team. In this position Gustav vom Metzler played a leading role in the Aryanization of the Jewish banks “ Bass & Herz ” ( Frankfurt am Main ) in early August 1938 and “ Jacob SH Stern ” (Frankfurt am Main) between April and September 1938. Their business activities were transferred to the “ Bankhaus Benjamin Metzler ”. In addition, the Metzler bank and its partners took over the business activities of the Frankfurt branch of the Jewish bank “ J. Dreyfus & Co. ” (Berlin / Frankfurt am Main) in May 1938 and, in August 1938, became a limited partner in the formerly Jewish bank “EJ Meyer ”( Berlin ).

With the start of the attack on Poland on September 1, 1939, Metzler was drafted into the German Wehrmacht . After returning from Soviet captivity in 1950, he played a key role in ensuring that the bank could continue its business operations. Together with his cousin Albert von Metzler (1898–1989), Gustav von Metzler consistently followed the strategic line of the prewar period and expanded the bank's service business. In the early years of the economic miracle , the two partners also renounced an expansive corporate policy and initially relied on rebuilding the bank from the inside out. This phase of consolidation was not ended until 1960 and an expansion of the bank's business activities was initiated. In 1978 Gustav von Metzler's partnership ended.

He was also a member of the supervisory board of Chemische Werke Brockhues AG in Niederwalluf . Gustav von Metzler was married to Alexandra Schmidt von Schwind. His sisters were Olga von Metzler (1906–1993) and Eva von Metzler (1898–1970).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Metzler, Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Alfred Grosser : Economy, Society, History, Metzler, 1974, p. 287 online
  3. ^ Ingo Köhler: "The" Aryanization "of the private banks in the Third Reich", Volume 14 in the series of publications on contemporary history for corporate history, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2005, pp. 312-315, ISBN 3-406-53200-4
  4. ^ Ingo Köhler: "The" Aryanization "of the private banks in the Third Reich", Volume 14 in the series of publications on contemporary history for corporate history, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2005, pp. 306 and 365, ISBN 3-406-53200-4
  5. ↑ History of the Metzler bank (PDF; 903 kB)
  6. ^ The history of banking house Metzler Online
  7. ↑ Handbook on the History of European Banks, p. 450 Online
  8. ↑ Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who. XII. Edition of Degeners who is it ?, Berlin 1955, p. 788.
  9. ^ Vij Frankfurt
personal data
SURNAME Metzler, Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzler, Hugo Christian Gustav von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker and partner in the Benjamin Metzler banking house
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1984