Otto Baer (entrepreneur)

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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

historical postcard of Radebeul with Luther Church and paint factory O. Baer (Meißner Straße 116, demolished after the fall of the Wall)

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Address book Radebeul 1939, p. 9.
  2. ^ Address book Radebeul 1939, p. 100.
personal data
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