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German-born American banker (1871–1937)
Felix M. Warburg
Warburg circa 1920
Born
Felix Moritz Warburg
(1871-01-14 ) January 14, 1871Died October 20, 1937(1937-10-20) (aged 66 ) Nationality American Occupation Banker Employer M. M. Warburg Spouse
(m. ) Children 5
Felix Moritz Warburg (January 14, 1871 – October 20, 1937) was a German-born American banker. He was a member of the Warburg banking family of Hamburg , Germany .[1]
Early life [ edit ]
Warburg was born in Hamburg , in a Jewish family in Germany, on January 14, 1871.[2] Kuhn, Loeb & Co. [3]
Warburg was a presidential elector in the 1908 U.S. presidential election .[4]
Warburg was an important leader of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee , established to help the Jews in Europe in the period leading up to, and especially during, the Great Depression . Warburg actively raised funds in the United States on behalf of European Jews who faced hunger following World War I . As early as 1919, he was quoted in The New York Times [5]
Warburg served as the founder and first president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University , which supports the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem , Mandate Palestine, in 1925.[6] [7] [8]
Warburg and the Joint Distribution Committee were also instrumental in the 1930s after the global Great Depression following the crash of the New York Stock Exchange in 1929.[9] [10] [11]
John L. Spivak claimed General Smedley Butler had named Warburg before Congress as part of the Business Plot .[12] [13]
Personal life [ edit ]
Portrait of his wife, Frieda Schiff, by Anders Zorn , 1894, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City's Felix M. Warburg House , today the Jewish Museum
He married Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), daughter of Jacob Henry Schiff (1847–1920) and Therese Loeb Schiff, on March 19, 1895, in New York.[14]
Frederick Marcus Warburg (1897–1973), married to Wilma L. Shannon[15]
Gerald Felix Warburg (c. 1902–1971), married first to Marion Bab and then to Natica Nast, the daughter of Condé Montrose Nast [16]
Paul Felix Warburg [17]
Edward Mortimer Morris Warburg (1908–1992), married to Mary Warburg
Carola Warburg Rothschild (1896–1987), married to Walter N. Rothschild, son of Simon F. Rothschild , chairman of the board of Abraham & Straus , and founder of the Federated Department Stores [18] Peter A. Bradford and grandmother of Arthur Bradford .
All of their children were active in community service.[19] Juilliard ): Sascha Jacobsen , Bernard Ocko, Louis Kaufman , and Marie Roemaet-Rosanov.[20]
He died on October 20, 1937, in New York City .[1] [21] Salem Fields Cemetery in Brooklyn.[22]
As a result of his philanthropic activities, a new Jewish village established in Mandate Palestine in 1939, Kfar Warburg , was named after him. He was a trustee of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.[23] [24]
The Felix M. Warburg House , in New York's Upper East side was donated by his widow and today houses the Jewish Museum .[25]
References [ edit ]
^ Pfeffer, Jacob (September 12, 1932). "Felix M. Warburg" . Distinguished Jews of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketchs of Jew Who Have Made Their Mark in Business, the Professions, Politics, Science, Etc.Volume 1 : 469.
^ "Felix Warburg" The New York Times 22 . Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
^ "New York Electors Meet" . The Sun Chronicling America .
^ "Tells Sad Plight of Jews" . The New York Times 7 . Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "A Visual History of AFHU" . American Friends of the Hebrew University . Archived from the original on June 30, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
^ "Felix Warburg Reaches Jerusalem" The New York Times 4 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "Warburg Pledges $1,000,000 to Fund; Will Be Used to Establish Jews on Agricultural Colonies in Russia. Total Now is $6,500,000; Subscription, Conditional on Raising of $10,000,000, Expected to Be Returned Eventually" The New York Times 16 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "Felix Warburg Arrives in London" The New York Times 21 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "MRS. F. M. WARBURG GETS JEWISH POST; She Succeeds Late Husband as Honorary Chairman of Distribution Committee" The New York Times 48 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "Business & Finance: Death of Warburg" . Time . Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
^ Archer, p. x (Foreword)
^ Schmidt, p. 229
^ "Warburg Estate Put at 9 Million; $2,970,000 in Gifts Left to Charitable Institutions by Widow of Banker" The New York Times 30 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ Whitman, Alden (July 11, 1973). "Frederick M. Warburg, 75, Dies; Investment Banker, Sportsman" . The New York Times 44 . Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
^ "Gerald F. Warburg, 69, Is Dead; Cellist and a Patron of the Arts" . The New York Times 26 . Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
^ "Paul Felix Warburg Dead; Was 61; Funeral Services Tomorrow" . Jewish Telegraph Agency . October 11, 1965. Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
^ "Carola W. Rothschild, Ex-Girl Scout Official" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 17, 2022 .
^ "Frieda Schiff"
^ "Music: From Cremona" . Time . January 10, 1927. ISSN 0040-781X . Retrieved January 11, 2023 .
^ "Felix Warburg, Banker, Dies" . Lancaster New Era 2 . Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Felix Warburg" The New York Times 22 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ Warburg
^ "Raise $500,000 for Nurses.; Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg Give $100,000 to Jewish Charity" . The New York Times 14 . Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Felix M. Warburg Honored" The New York Times 14 . Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Yehuda Bauer (1974) My Brother's Keeper. A History of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1929–1939 Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, ISBN 0-8276-0048-8
External links [ edit ]
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