Bernhard Altmann | |
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 Bernhard with wife Wilhelmine, Vienna, 1949 | |
| Born | Bernhard Altmann December 23, 1888 |
| Died | December 2, 1960 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Polish-Austrian |
| Occupation | Textile manufacturer |
| Relatives | Fritz Altmann (brother) Maria Altmann (sister-in-law) |
Bernhard Altmann (December 23, 1888 – December 2, 1960) was an Austrian textile manufacturer whose business was stolen and whose family's art collection was looted by Nazis because of their Jewish origins.[1] He introduced cashmere wool to North America on a mass scale in 1947.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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He entered the Viennese textile business in 1915. In 1919 he established his first company, which expanded in Vienna itself as well as in other locations, among them Moscow, Paris and Liverpool. The company had grown to more than 1000 employees by the time it was "Aryanized" in 1938. Bernhard Altmann, who fled to Liverpool via Paris in 1938, supported several family members in escaping Vienna in 1938, among them his wife Nelly as well as his brothers Max with his wife and child, his brother Julius and his brother Fritz with his wife Maria.
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