Joseph Mendelssohn

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Joseph Mendelssohn

Joseph Mendelssohn (born August 11, 1770 in Berlin ; † November 24, 1848 there ) was a German-Jewish banker .

Life

He belonged to the Mendelssohn family and was the eldest son of Moses Mendelssohn and Fromet Gugenheim . He was raised by Joseph Engel, among others . In 1792 he and like-minded people founded the Society of Friends , an association of Jewish bachelors who followed the ideals of the Haskala . Three years later, in 1795, he went into business for himself as a banker. In 1804 his brother Abraham , the father of Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , also joined the Mendelssohn bank .

In 1818 Mendelssohn bought a palace in Horchheim and around 1830 had Johann Claudius von Lassaulx build a garden and tea house in the neighboring park . Several famous personalities were guests in the palace, such as his nephew Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Alexander von Humboldt .

The family grave with the gravestones of Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), his wife Henriette, née is located in the Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee 23 in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. Meyer (1776–1862), his daughter-in-law Marianne, b. Seeligmann (1799–1880) and his son Alexander Mendelssohn (1798–1871).

The elementary school in Koblenz-Horchheim is now called the Joseph Mendelssohn School.

Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee 23, 10435 Berlin From left: Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), wife: Henriette Meyer (1776–1862), daughter-in-law: Marianne, b. Seeligmann (1799–1880), son: Alexander Mendelssohn (1798–1871)

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SURNAME Mendelssohn, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1848
Place of death Berlin