Max Windesheim

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Max Windesheim (born November 29, 1868 in Erfurt ; † August 10, 1925 there ) was a German industrialist and grain wholesaler.

Life

Max Windesheim was born in 1868 as the son of the factory owner Hermann Windesheim and his wife Johanna (née Heimbach). As early as 1898, Max became a co-owner of the Arnstadt malt factory that belonged to his father. In 1902 he finally took over the company together with his brother Hugo. Together with his brother, he made the Arnstadt malt factory one of the most important box malting plants in Europe, with an annual production of 300,000 quintals. Max Windesheim was also involved in several mining companies in the Ruhr area and Saxony. He and his wife Adele had two daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malt from Arnstadt was once a popular product
  2. ^ Klaus Rheinhold: Chronicle Arnstadt 704 to 2004. 1300 years of Arnstadt , part 2 and 4, Arnstadt 2004
  3. ^ Siegfried Wolf: Jews in Thuringia 1933–1945. Biographical Data, Volume II, 2000
personal data
SURNAME Windesheim, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Jewish manufacturer and grain wholesaler
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1925
Place of death Erfurt