Otto Loeb

Otto Wolfgang Loeb (born May 30, 1898 in Trier ; † August 4, 1974 there ) was a German businessman.

Life and activity

Loeb was the son of the wine merchant Sigmund Loeb († 1950). In 1915 he passed the Abitur at the Realgymnasium Trier . He then took part in the First World War.

After the war Loeb joined his father Sigmund Loeb's wine shop. In 1922 he received his doctorate from the University of Cologne with a thesis on the wine trade on the Moselle. In his free time he was involved in the city's cultural life: together with the music house Keßler he organized concerts. In the crisis of 1930, Loeb managed to secure the continued existence of the city theater. He became a co-founder of the tourist association and took over its management.

After the National Socialists came to power , Loeb was gradually ousted from the business world in his home region. In 1937 he emigrated to Great Britain, where he opened a new wine trading company in London , which he ran until the 1970s. He also had professional success in Great Britain and was u. a. Glyndebourne Festival wine list advisor.

After the war Loeb resumed contact with his hometown and - half a year before his death - returned entirely to Trier. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Trier.

The city of Trier honored Loeb in 1960 by awarding it its seal of honor.

Fonts

• The development of the wine trade on the Moselle over the past 50 years . N. Besselich Verlagbuchhandlung, Trier 1922 (Diss. University of Cologne 1922).

literature

• Heinz Monz: Loeb, Otto . In: Heinz Monz (Ed.): Trier Biographical Lexicon , Trier 2000.

Web links

• Article about Otto Loeb on the website of the city of Trier