Hermann Frenkel

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Hermann Frenkel (born May 21, 1850 in Danzig ; † May 26, 1932 in Berlin ) was a Privy Councilor of Commerce , partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank and from 1923 partner of Friedrich Minoux . He was one of the founders of Universum Film AG .

Frenkel, son of the banker S. Frenkel and his wife Caroline (1821–1901), b. Meyer, did a banking apprenticeship at Alex & Rosenthal in Berlin and at Deutsche Bank, of which he became an authorized representative. In 1872 he came to Berlin's Commerz- und Wechselbank as a director and had been a partner in the Jacquier & Securius banking house founded in 1817 since 1878. He was a member of numerous economic committees and supervisory boards, was a member of the elders' college of Berlin's merchants and held the office of treasurer of the Kaiserin-Augusta-Viktoria-Haus to combat infant mortality. In 1929 he became a member of the Central Committee of the Reichsbank. Frenkel was married to Henriette Pinkuss (1859-1934). In 1901 he became a councilor of commerce and in 1909 a secret councilor of commerce.

Frenkel was also a noted art collector who focused on German, French, and Spanish paintings from the 19th century, as well as Dutch works from the 17th and Venetian 18th centuries. His heirs sold most of the collection in October 1932. Some works were not sold, including a still life by Frans Snyders , which has been in the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf since 1938 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingo Köhler: The "Aryanization" of the private banks in the Third Reich . CH Beck, Munich 2005, p. 315
  2. ↑ Klaus Kreimeier: The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918–1945 . University of California Press 1999, p. 29
  3. ↑ Sven Kuhrau: The art collector in the Empire: Art and representation in the Berlin private collector culture . Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2005, p. 273
  4. ↑ Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Berlin (ed.): Pictures and art objects from the estate of Privy Councilor Hermann Frenkel, from Berlin private collections, the Faust cycle by Lovis Corinth, Dr. S., Berlin: Exhibition: Monday, October 17 to Wednesday, October 19, 1932; Auction: Thursday, October 20, 1932
personal data
SURNAME Frenkel, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Privy Councilor of Commerce, partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1932
Place of death Berlin