Paul Carsch

Paul Carsch (* 6. April 1876 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † 1951 in Amsterdam ) was a German retail - entrepreneurs in the textile sector.

Live and act

Carsch became known for building a fashion store in Düsseldorf . The five-storey department store owned by Gustav Carsch & Co opened on March 10, 1915 after a two-year construction period as a specialist shop for exclusive boys and men’s clothing and quickly became a fixture for the residents of Düsseldorf under the name “ Carsch-Haus ”. In October 1933, Paul Carsch was forced to sell to his authorized signatory Fritz Seiffert as part of the Aryanization process . In addition to the under-valued purchase price, a monthly pension payment of 1,500 Reichsmark was agreed to the Carsch couple. Seiffert fired the Jewish employees and continued the business as the "Seiffert fashion house".

To avoid deportation , Paul and Bella Carsch emigrated to Amsterdam with their children in April 1939. After the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, the family lived in hiding from May 1942 until the liberation in 1945, and the son managed to escape to the United States. Paul Carsch died in Amsterdam in 1951 without compensation for his fashion house, which was forcibly sold in 1933.

family

• Parents: Gustav Carsch (1850–1895) and Susanne Carsch b. Albersheim (1852–1906)
• Wife: Bella Carsch b. Schnadig (1877–1963)
• Children: Walter (1905–1980) and Else (1910–1959)

literature

• Barbara Suchy: When “Tietz” became “Kaufhof” and “Carsch” became “Seiffert”. In: Moment No. 8/9 (1995).

Web links

• The Carsch House (contribution from the Düsseldorf City Archives)
• The Carsch House (contribution by the history workshop Düsseldorf)