Manfred Aron

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Manfred Robert Erwin Aron (born August 28, 1884 in Berlin , † March 15, 1967 in New York City , New York ) was a German-American industrialist .

Life

Manfred Aron, a member of the Jewish religious community, son of the electrical engineer and entrepreneur Hermann Aron and his wife Betty geb. Landsberger, turned to the High School to the study of physics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin to. After breaking off this after a few semesters , he completed practical commercial training in an automobile and motorcycle factory.

At the age of 25, Manfred Aron was given the management of the Aron works by his father. There were, among others, electricity meters , electric clocks and radios of the brand "Nora" manufactured. Aron, a member of the Jewish aid association in Berlin, Society of Friends , also held numerous supervisory board seats.

Manfred Aron, who was the majority shareholder in the Aron Works, which was renamed Heliowatt in 1933 , agreed to sell his stake to Deutsche Bank in 1935 because of these reprisals, initially put under pressure after the National Socialists came to power and later arrested several times by the Secret State Police . This then sold on to the Siemens group . Expatriated in 1941, Aron emigrated to the United States and settled in New York.

Manfred Aron's first marriage to Martha was born. Grube, in second marriage with Sibylle geb. Buss married. The daughter Anita came from the first marriage, the daughter Brigitte from the second. Manfred Aron died in 1967 at the age of 82.

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SURNAME Aron, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aron, Manfred Robert Erwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1967
Place of death New York City , New York