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 [de] (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.

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).

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. Solmssen was the paternal nephew of the banker Arthur Salomonsohn [de], cousin of the classical archaeologist and art historian Maria Weigert Brendel and the first cousin, twice removed of the American writer Arthur R.G. Solmssen. Solmssen was one of four siblings.

He studied German law. Solmssen worked from 1900 for German bank Disconto-Gesellschaft in Berlin. 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.

Personal life

In 1900, Solmssen converted from Judaism to Protestant Christianity and changed his surname from Salomonsohn to Solmssen.

In 1907, Solmssen married Giulietta 'Etta' Aselmeyer (1884–1971), with whom he had 3 children.

Solmssen died on 10 January 1957 in Lugano, Switzerland aged 87.

Literature

Notes

  1. ↑ Also cited as the nephew of

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Müller, Martin L. (2010). "Solmssen (bis 1900 Salomonsohn), Georg Adolf". Neue Deutsche Biographie 24 (in German). pp. 557–558. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Persönlichkeiten; Solmssen, Georg". Historischen Gesellschaft der Deutschen Bank (in German). Frankfurt: Deutsche Bank. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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.