Heinrich Peters (banker)

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Heinrich Peters (born October 24, 1879 in Springe ; † August 12, 1963 there ) was a German banker , banker , entrepreneur and patron .

Life

Heinrich Peters was born in 1879 as the son of the Mayor of Springer Georg Peters during the founding of the German Empire . After attending school, he completed a bank apprenticeship in Hildesheim . He then worked in Weimar , where he founded the Thuringian Treuhandgesellschaft mbH .

After the First World War , Peters established a foundation in his hometown of Springe in 1918 .

In the post-war period, Peters transferred securities from Weimar, at the time located in the GDR , to West Berlin . For this he was sentenced to imprisonment by the Erfurt Regional Court in 1952 .

In 1956 Peters left the GDR and returned to Springe. With his will he initiated the establishment of a new foundation, which became effective as the Heinrich Peters Foundation after his death in 1967 .

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hahn: Heinrich Peters - an important donor and springer citizen . In: Springer Yearbook 2012 for the city and the old district of Springe . Ed .: Förderverein für die Stadtgeschichte von Springe eV, Springe 2012

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f o. V .: Peters, Heinrich in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of October 30, 2012, last accessed on July 5, 2019
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SURNAME Peters, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker, banker, entrepreneur and patron
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1879
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DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1963
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