Georg Solmssen

Georg Solmssen
Solmssen in 1928
Born
Georg Salomonsoh

(1869-08-07)7 August 1869
Berlin, German Empire
Died10 January 1957(1957-01-10) (aged 87)
Lugano, Switzerland
Occupations
Spouse
Giulietta Aselmeyer
​
(m. 1907)​
Children3
FatherAdolph Salomonsohn
RelativesAbraham Gedalia (great-great-grandfather)
Arthur Salomonsohn (uncle)
Maria Weigert Brendel (cousin)
Arthur R.G. Solmssen (first cousin, twice removed)

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]

Through his father Solmssen was the great-grandson of Rabbi Salomon Abraham Gedalia (1776–1844) and the great-great-grandson of Rabbi Abraham Gedalia, the Chief Rabbi of Denmark.[5][6] Solmssen was the paternal nephew of the banker Arthur Salomonsohn, cousin of the classical archaeologist and art historian Maria Weigert Brendel and the first cousin, twice removed[a] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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.

Notes

  1. ^ Also cited as the nephew of [4]
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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Persönlichkeiten; Solmssen, Georg". Historischen Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank (in German). Frankfurt: Deutsche Bank. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.
  5. ^ a b Müller, Martin L. (2005). "Salomonsohn, Adolph". Neue Deutsche Biographie 22 (in German). pp. 394–395. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Adolf Salomonsohn [Death Register]". Sterberegister der Berliner Standesämter 1874–1985; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Berlin Xii A; 1919 (Zum Erstregister Erklärtes Zweitregister). Berlin: Landesarchiv Berlin. 6 January 1919.
  7. ^ "Biography by Historische Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  8. ^ Nicosia, Francis R.; Huener, Jonathan (2004). Business and Industry in Nazi Germany. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-654-2.
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