August Paul von Wassermann was a German bacteriologist and hygienist.
Aryanization was the Nazi term for the seizure of property from Jews and its transfer to non-Jews, and the forced expulsion of Jews from economic life in Nazi Germany, Axis-aligned states, and their occupied territories. It entailed the transfer of Jewish property into "Aryan" or non-Jewish hands.
Wilhelm Genazino was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine pardon and for Lesezeichen. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became known by a trilogy of novels, Abschaffel-Trilogie, completed in 1979. It was followed by more novels and two plays. Among his many awards is the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize.
Friedrich Wilhelm Adami was a German author, critic, and publicist. He was born at Suhl, Thuringia, Germany, studied medicine, then philosophy and history, in Berlin. He was a regular theater critic and columnist for the Neue Preussische Zeitung newspaper, as well as doing translations. Among his most renowned original works are Ein ehrlicher Mann (1850) and Der Doppelgänger (1870). Among his collections of historical tales are Fürstenund Volksbilder aus der vaterländischen Geschichte (1863) and Aus den Tagen zweier Könige. His works are known for his clear writing style and a thoroughly patriotic tone.
Claudia Schmölders, also Claudia Henn-Schmölders is a German cultural scholar, author, and translator.
Joachim Radkau is a German historian.
Avraham Barkai was a German-born Israeli historian and researcher of antisemitism. He died at age 99 on 29 February 2020 in Lehavot HaBashan.
Hermann Frenkel was a partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank and after 1923 a partner of Friedrich Minoux, owner of the Wannsee Villa, later the venue of the Wannsee Conference. Frenkel was a Privy Commercial Councillor, and one of the founders of Universum Film AG. Frenkel was also a noted art collector, who concentrated on German, French, and Spanish 19th-century paintings, as well as Dutch 17th-century and Venetian 18th-century works. His heirs sold most of the collection in October 1932. Some works were not sold, among them a still-life by Snyders, which today is in the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, which was bought in 1938.
The Jacquier and Securius Bank was a prominent German private bank founded in 1817 by August Jacquier and Henrich Securius. The bank's headquarters were located in central Berlin in a building nicknamed the Red Castle. Originally under Jewish ownership, the bank began the process of Aryanization in 1933, which Richard Lenz and Robert Kraus becoming the majority stakeholders. The bank was closed by 1945 after its assets had been taken by the state its buildings sold.
Manfred Rühl is a German communication scientist with a social science background.
Wilhelm von Finck was a German entrepreneur and banker. Finck was a co-founder of the German companies Allianz and Munich Re.
Albrecht Theodor Andreas Graf von Bernstorff was a German diplomat and member of the resistance to Nazi Germany.
Oscar Wassermann was a German-Jewish banker.
Curt Glaser was a German Jewish art historian, art critic and collector who was persecuted by the Nazis.
Hyacinth Holland was a German art and literature historian.
Willy Dreyfus was a Swiss banker of German-Jewish origin.
Abraham Adelsberger was a German toy factory owner, councilor of commerce and art collector.
Bankhaus Adolph Meyer was a private bank, and the oldest in Hanover, Germany. It played a prominent role in the industrialization of Lower Saxony, particularly in the cotton and coal and steel industries, especially since the time of the Kingdom of Hanover. During the Nazi era, it was "Aryanized". It is now located on Schillerstraße at the corner of Rosenstraße in Hannover's Mitte district.
Martin Aufhäuser was a German banker who ran and grew private bank Bankhaus H. Aufhäuse. During the Nazi era the bank was Aryanized and Aufhäuser escaped to the United States.
Walter Bornheim was a German art dealer deeply involved in Nazi looted art.
