Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild
Born
Maximilian Benedikt Hayum Goldschmidt

(1843-06-20)20 June 1843
Frankfurt, Germany
Died18 February 1940(1940-02-18) (aged 96)
Frankfurt, Germany
NationalityGerman
SpouseMinna Karoline Freiin von Rothschild

Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (20 June 1843 – 18 February 1940) was a German banker and art collector. The son of Benedict Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt, he was the co-inheritor of the Goldschmidt family bank along with his brother Adolphe Goldschmidt.

He married Minna Karoline Freiin von Rothschild, the daughter of Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild. At one point, he was considered the richest person in the German Empire.[1] After the death of his father-in-law, the last male of the Frankfurt Rothschilds, Maximilian Goldschmidt and his wife adopted Rothschild's name. Emperor William I gave him the title of Baron de Goldschmidt-Rothschild.

During National Socialism he had to sell his art collection of almost 1400 items (pictures, furniture, sculptures, carpets, porcelain, faience, silver, glasses) to the city of Frankfurt for 2,551,730 Reichsmarks in November 1938.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ziegler, Dieter (2000). "Kontinuität und Diskontinuität der Deutschen Wirtschaftselite 1900 bis 1938". Grossbürger und Unternehmer – Die deutsche Wirtschaftselite im 20. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-525-35682-1.
  2. ↑ "Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste - Projektfinder - Raub und Restitution der Sammlung Goldschmidt-Rothschild".


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