Georg Solmssen | |
|---|---|
 Solmssen in 1928 | |
| Born | Georg Salomonsoh (1869-08-07)7 August 1869 |
| Died | 10 January 1957(1957-01-10) (aged 87) Lugano, Switzerland |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse |
Giulietta Aselmeyer (m. 1907) |
| Children | 3 |
Georg Solmssen (né Salomonsohn; 7 August 1869 – 10 January 1957) was a German banker and lawyer.[1][2]
Life
Georg Salomonsoh was born on 7 August 1869 in Berlin, German Empire (present-day, Germany) to Adolph Salomonsohn, a banker, and Sara Rinkel (1851–1929).[3][4][2] Solmssen was the paternal nephew of the banker Arthur Salomonsohn and was the uncle of the American writer Arthur R.G. Solmssen.[2][4] Solmssen was one of four siblings.[5]
He studied German law. Solmssen worked from 1900 for German bank Disconto-Gesellschaft in Berlin.[6] He was a member of the supervisory board of German company Lufthansa AG and German company Vereinigte Stahlwerke.
In 1933, Solmssen was for a short time the speaker of the management board for German bank Deutsche Bank, which took over Disconto-Gesellschaft in 1929. He lived in the 1920s on the island of Schwanenwerder. When the Nazis came to power, Solmssen left Germany and emigrated to Switzerland.[7]
Personal life
In 1900, Solmssen converted from Judaism to Protestant Christianity and changed his surname from Salomonsohn to Solmssen.[2]
In 1907, Solmssen married Giulietta 'Etta' Aselmeyer (1884–1971), with whom he had 3 children.[4][2]
Solmssen died on 10 January 1957 in Lugano, Switzerland aged 87.[3]
Literature
- Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ed.): Acta Borussica. Neue Folge, Reihe 1: Die Protokolle des Preußischen Staatsministeriums 1817–1934/38. Band 12, 2: Reinhold Zilch, Bärbel Holtz: April 4, 1925 until May 10, 1938. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-487-12704-0, p. 702.
- Gerald D. Feldman: Jewish bankers and the crises of the Weimar Republic (= Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture. 39, ZDB-ID 415081-8). Leo Baeck Institute, New York NY 1995.
- Harold James, Martin L. Müller (Hrsg.): Georg Solmssen – ein deutscher Bankier. Briefe aus einem halben Jahrhundert 1900–1956 (= Schriftenreihe zur Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte. 25). Herausgegeben im Auftrag der Historischen Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank e.V. C. H. Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-62795-8.
External links
- Literature by and about Georg Solmssen in the German National Library catalogue
References
- ^ James, Harold; Müller, Martin L.; e.V, Historischen Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank (2012-05-31). Georg Solmssen - ein deutscher Bankier: Briefe aus einem halben Jahrhundert 1900-1956 (in German). C.H.Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-62796-5.
- ^ a b c d e Müller, Martin L. (2010). "Solmssen (bis 1900 Salomonsohn), Georg Adolf". Neue Deutsche Biographie 24 (in German). pp. 557–558. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Persönlichkeiten; Solmssen, Georg". Historischen Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank (in German). Frankfurt: Deutsche Bank. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ a b c James, Harold (8 September 2011). "Wrestling with the Angel: Georg Solmssen and Germany". The Leo Baeck Institute Year Boo. 56 (1): 221–245. doi:10.1093/leobaeck/ybr007.
- ^ Müller, Martin L. (2005). "Salomonsohn, Adolph". Neue Deutsche Biographie 22 (in German). pp. 394–395. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Biography by Historische Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ Nicosia, Francis R.; Huener, Jonathan (2004). Business and Industry in Nazi Germany. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-654-2.
