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German industrialist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Fränkel (Hebrew: שמואל פרנקל; 22 November 1801 – 28 July 1881[1]) was a German industrialist.
Samuel Fränkel | |
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שמואל פרנקל | |
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| Born | 22 November 1801 |
| Died | 28 July 1881 (age 79) |
| Resting place | Jewish cemetery in Prudnik |
| Citizenship | German |
| Spouse | Ester Polke |
| Children | Zwi, Menachem, Jehuda, Akiba, Dorothea, Cäcilie, Josef, Jenny, Abraham, Albert, Auguste, Rosalie, Emanuel, Hermann |
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| Relatives | Max Pinkus |
Samuel Fränkel was born 22 November 1801 in Zülz (currently Biała, Poland). In 1827 he moved to Neustadt O.S. (currently Prudnik). He founded a linen and terrycloth factory in 1845, at the shore of Prudnik river.[2] It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg.[3] The company was confiscated from the Fränkel family by Nazis in 1938, under the Nuremberg Laws that prohibited German Jews from owning property. Post-war, the company reopened under the name Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex".
He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.
Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S.
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