Paul Schmidt-Branden

Paul Schmidt-Branden (born August 19, 1885 in Berlin ; † January 27, 1955 ) was a German bank manager .

Schmidt-Branden attended Sophiengymnasium in Berlin and then completed an apprenticeship at the export company Hecht, Pfeiffer & Co. His path then took him to Antwerp for a year and a quarter to the printing paper factory Papeteries Anversoises. After returning to Berlin, he began studying at the commercial college, which he graduated with a diploma in 1909.

He joined the Dresdner Bank as a volunteer . In 1915 he was given the task of establishing and managing the branch in Aachen. In 1917 he returned to the head office as a deputy director, was a deputy member from 1920 and a full member of the board from 1925. His main task was the administration of the branch network, which he significantly expanded.

As director of Dresdner Bank in Berlin, he was a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau Aktiengesellschaft (Deschimag), Dürrkoppwerke AG, Maxhütte , NSU Vereinigte Fahrradwerke AG and Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei & Kammgarnspinnerei AG ( north wool ) in 1929/30 In 1931 she was unable to repay her loans. Schmidt-Branden and Herbert Gutmann were accused by the press of being responsible for Dresdner Bank's economic difficulties. Because of loss-making loan commitments, the board members Schmidt-Branden and Georg Mosler were not reappointed in 1931 after the entire board of directors of Dresdner Bank had to resign under pressure from the Reich government .

After the National Socialists came to power, he left Germany. He had been a citizen of Liechtenstein since 1937 . He then worked for the Prince of Liechtenstein and was ennobled by the same. After living and working in Mauren (Liechtenstein) for a while , he finally settled in Ascona-Moscia (Ticino). His grave is in Locarno (Ticino).

literature

• Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. German business publisher, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Müller: Seebeck shipyard 1918–1933. ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at werften.fischtown.de, accessed on March 9, 2011
2. ↑ List of the members of the German bicycle industrialist e. V. In: 40 years of the Association of German Bicycle Industrialists e. V. p. 103 ( PDF file , p. 5, accessed on March 9, 2011).
3. ↑ Johannes Bähr, Axel Drecoll, Bernhard Gotto, Kim Christian Priemel: The Flick Group in the Third Reich. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2006, p. 130.
4. ↑ List of the members of the German bicycle industrialist e. V. In: 40 years of the Association of German Bicycle Industrialists e. V. p. 114 ( PDF file , p. 3, accessed on March 9, 2011).
5. ^ Johannes Bähr: The Dresdner Bank in the economy of the Third Reich. P. 78 ( The Dresdner Bank in the Third Reich 1–4. Volume 1).
6. ↑ Dieter Ziegler: The displacement of the Jews from the Dresdner Bank 1933-1938 In: Quarterly books for contemporary history . Volume 47 (1999) Issue 2, p. 191 ( PDF file , 7.05 MB, p. 36, accessed on March 9, 2011).
7. ↑ Second monthly report on SAFHAVEN. November 28, 1945, p. 7 ( PDF file ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . , English, accessed March 9, 2011).