Otto Baer (entrepreneur)
Otto Baer jun. (* November 7, 1880 in Dresden ; † August 1, 1947 in Torgau ; full name: Emil Otto Baer ) was a German entrepreneur in the paint industry in Saxony . As a friend of Friedrich Olbricht , he was involved in the preparations for the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler .
Life
Otto Baer jun. joined the paint factory of his father Otto Baer sen in 1905 as co- managing director. in Radebeul , which under the company Farbenfabrik O. Baer (FOB) became an important company in the region; it was on the property at Meißner Strasse 116 opposite the Luther Church . In 1914 Carl Epple became co-managing director, who founded the Carl Epple paint factory in Dresden in 1920 .
In 1932 Otto Baer continued to run the company after the death of his father. The number of employees rose to 250 by the Second World War, which forced a severe reduction in activities.
In 1946, Baer was denounced for anti-Soviet propaganda , arrested and sentenced to ten years of forced labor. He died in a special camp in Torgau. After the political change he was posthumously rehabilitated .
In 1927, Baer or his father had Landhaus Friedlandstrasse 10 enlarged and rebuilt. In 1939 he lived in the Villa Tautzschgenhof .
Epple printing inks
Baer's paint factory O. Baer was relocated to Neusäß near Augsburg in 1945 . In 1949, the printing ink factory Epple Druckfarben , today Epple Druckfarben AG , was established there under the management of Carl Epple .
The Radebeul paint factory O. Baer was expropriated in 1948 and converted into the VEB Radebeuler printing ink factories . This later became VEB Lacke und Druckfarben Radebeul , which in turn was incorporated into VEB Lacke und Farben Coswig . In 1970, the Dresden pharmaceutical plant took over the premises at Meißner Straße 116, the building of which was vacant from 1991 and was demolished in 1998.
Fonts
- Printing with our heliotype two-tone inks. Paint factories Otto Baer, Radebeul 1934.
- The tools for offset printing. O. Baer, Radebeul-Dresden 1939.
- Experience in watercolor gravure. O. Baer, Radebeul-Dresden 1939.
- Important information about tin printing inks. O. Baer, Radebeul-Dresden 1939. New edition 1940.
literature
- Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Baer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Epple printing inks
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Baer, Otto |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baer, Emil Otto (full name); Baer jun., Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1880 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1947 |
Place of death | Torgau |