Heinrich Cohen

Heinrich Cohen (born March 31, 1869 in Munich ; † May 18, 1940 there ) was a German textile merchant. From 1821 he ran a company in the center of Munich that was recognized as a supplier to the Bavarian court . Cohen was of Jewish faith .

Life

Heinrich Cohen was born as the son of David Ignaz Cohen (* August 22, 1838 - February 18, 1883) and Maria Haimann (* April 8, 1847 - † 1922) and was the great-grandson of Amschel Benjamin Cohen in Wallerstein , his further son Aron Benjamin Cohen expanded his company to Munich in mid-1850.

Heinrich Cohen was first married to Lili Marie Obermeier (* 1879; † August 18, 1913) and after her death in 1928 married his housekeeper Maria Krämer (1889–1934). The sons Ludwig Max (1905-1924) and Fritz Ignaz (born March 31, 1903; † 1940) come from the first marriage. Fritz Ignaz Cohen was admitted to the Isar-Amper-Klinikum München-Ost on June 30, 1940 , under the direction of Hermann Pfannmüller , and deported to Hartheim Castle on September 20, 1940 , where he was murdered as part of the euthanasia program.

Heinrich Cohen died on May 18, 1940 in the Josephinum in Munich .

Companies

Heinrich Cohen acquired the buildings Löwengrube 23 and Windenmacherstraße 4, which were right next to Lodenfrey , at intervals .

In 1898 he moved into the newly built office building on the property.

Aryanization

As part of the aryanization , Herbert Stiehler KG , founded specifically for this purpose, took over Heinrich Cohen in 1937 for 290,000 RM . Herbert Stiehler KG had a share capital of RM 200,000, whereby the shareholders of the Lodenfrey fashion house - through the family - had a majority stake in the share capital.

literature

Heinrich Cohen: Munich 1821–1921. In memory of the 100th business anniversary. o. O. o. J. (1921), 35 pages.

Web links

Rolf Hofmann: The Wallerstein rabbinate. Important rabbinical figures of the 18th and 19th centuries. In: Alemannia Judaica .

Individual evidence

^ Elisabeth Angermair: A self-confident minority (1892-1918). In: Richard Bauer , Michael Brenner : Jewish Munich. From the Middle Ages to the present. Beck, Munich 2006, pp. 110-136, here p. 113.
^ Völkischer Beobachter July 1, 1937 ( memento of October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 2, 2012
↑ Angelika Baumann, Andreas Heusler (ed.): Munich aryanized. Disenfranchisement and expropriation of the Jews during the Nazi era. Beck, Munich 2004, p. 204.
^ Finding aid , accessed on January 3, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Cohen, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German textile dealer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	May 18, 1940
Place of death	Munich

[1] Elisabeth Angermair: A self-confident minority (1892-1918). In: Richard Bauer , Michael Brenner : Jewish Munich. From the Middle Ages to the present. Beck, Munich 2006, pp. 110-136, here p. 113.

[2] Völkischer Beobachter July 1, 1937 ( memento of October 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 2, 2012

[3] Angelika Baumann, Andreas Heusler (ed.): Munich aryanized. Disenfranchisement and expropriation of the Jews during the Nazi era. Beck, Munich 2004, p. 204.

[4] Finding aid , accessed on January 3, 2012.