Albert Friedländer
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Albert Friedländer was a German
bank director, later French
and Swiss author
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Albert Friedländer owned the then prestigious private bank "Bankhaus Friedländer Berlin". He also served as chairman of the Berlin stock exchange association (Deutscher Börsenverein) in Berlin. Facing hardship as a Jewish citizen, he immigrated to France
in 1934. After the occupation of much of the country by German troops, he was imprisoned in 1940 but managed to escape to Switzerland
in 1942, where he acquired citizenship and settled in Zürich
to become a writer. He lived there until his death in 1966.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
bank director, later French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Swiss author
Author
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Albert Friedländer owned the then prestigious private bank "Bankhaus Friedländer Berlin". He also served as chairman of the Berlin stock exchange association (Deutscher Börsenverein) in Berlin. Facing hardship as a Jewish citizen, he immigrated to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1934. After the occupation of much of the country by German troops, he was imprisoned in 1940 but managed to escape to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
in 1942, where he acquired citizenship and settled in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
to become a writer. He lived there until his death in 1966.
Sources
- Anonymous: Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933. Vol. 1, p. 197, Munich 1980 [in German].
- Sternfeld, W., & Tiedemann, E.: Deutsche Exilliteratur 1933-1945, eine Bio-Bibliographie. Darmstadt, 1962 (p. 95).