Max Leeser

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Max Leeser (* 1855 in Hildesheim ; † 1935 ) was a German banker .

Life

Leeser founded Hildesheimer Bank in 1886 and was its director for 35 years. He promoted trade, industry and culture in Hildesheim and had a significant influence on the potash and sugar industries in the region. Among other things, he was involved in founding the Hildesheim City Theater . He donated many of the monuments in the city that were lost during the time of National Socialism and the Second World War . The cat fountain on Neustädter Markt was also originally a gift from Lee.

On July 16, 1928 he was granted honorary citizenship of the city. He was also awarded the Golden Citizen Medal. In 1965, Max-Leeser-Strasse in Neustadt was named after him.

literature

  • Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.stadtarchiv-hildesheim.de/geschichte/ehrenbuerger.htm , accessed on February 17, 2008 at 1:04 am
  2. ↑ Unless otherwise specified: Anton J. Knott: Straße, Weg, Platz und Gassen in Hildesheim. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1984, ISBN 3-8067-8082-X , p. 76
personal data
SURNAME Leeser, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker and business and culture promoter
DATE OF BIRTH 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH 1935