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German industrialist

Samuel Fränkel
שמואל פרנקל
Born22 November 1801
Zülz
Died28 July 1881 (age 79)
Neustadt O.S.
Resting placeJewish cemetery in Prudnik
CitizenshipGerman
SpouseEster Polke
ChildrenZwi, Menachem, Jehuda, Akiba, Dorothea, Cäcilie, Josef, Jenny, Abraham, Albert, Auguste, Rosalie, Emanuel, Hermann
Parents
  • Abraham Isaak Fränkel (father)
  • Chandel Fränkel (mother)
RelativesMax Pinkus

Samuel Fränkel (Hebrew: שמואל פרנקל; 22 November 1801 – 28 July 1881) was a German industrialist.

Life

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. It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg. 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".

Family

He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.

Death

Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S.

References

  1. "Dobrá trasa - Vydejte se s námi na skok sousedům". www.dobratrasa.eu. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Jak zmieniał się Prudnik z inicjatywy rodzin Fränkel i Pinkus – cz. 1 - Prudnik24". Prudnik24 (in Polish). 13 January 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. "Fränkel Samuel | Wirtualny Sztetl". sztetl.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2018.


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