Julius Philipp
Julius Philipp | |
|---|---|
| Born | Julius Philipp 1 March 1878 Hamburg, German Empire |
| Died | 15 March 1944 (aged 66) Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Citizenship | German |
| Occupation | Metal trader |
| Known for | Co-founder of Philipp Brothers |
| Family | Oscar Philipp (brother) Elliot Philipp (nephew) Martha Bernays (cousin) |
Julius Philipp (1 March 1878 – 15 March 1944) was a German-born metal trader who co-founded Philipp Brothers.
Biography[]
Julius Philipp was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Germany.[1] He was a cousin to Martha Bernays, the wife of Sigmund Freud.[2] In 1901, he founded a small metal trading company in Hamburg, Germany.[1][3] In 1909, Philipp and his younger brother, Oscar Philipp established a metal trading company in London under the name of Philipp Brothers.[1][4][5][6] Julius continued to run the German operation out of Hamburg.[1] In 1914, with the advent of World War I, , an apprentice, German citizen, and minor partner in Philipp Brothers, avoided internment by the British government by moving to New York City where he established Philipp Brothers, Inc.[1] Oscar Philipp was not affected by the war as he had previously obtained British citizenship.[1] In 1923, another apprentice and second cousin to Bendheim, , moved to the New York office.[1] In 1934, Julius moved Philipp Brothers' German operations to Amsterdam due to the rise of Nazi Germany.[1] In 1944, he died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[3] The New York office eventually became Philipp Brothers headquarters.[3]
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- 1878 births
- 1944 deaths
- German company founders
- British company founders
- German Jews who died in the Holocaust
- Businesspeople in metals
- German commodities traders
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the Netherlands
- German people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp