Heinrich Mendelssohn

Heinrich Mendelssohn (21 February 1881 – 7 August 1959) was a German contractor and real estate developer.

Early life

Mendelssohn was born in Posen, German Empire( today Poznań, Poland) in 1881.

A claimed connection to the family of the famous Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn has not yet been confirmed. He is most likely the father [illegitimately] of the British actor Daniel Gerroll, whose mother was Heinrich's paramour from 1949 to 1959.

Activity

Mendelssohn participated in the construction and development of numerous projects located in Berlin, i.e: the Hansaviertel, the Bavarian quarter, the Kurfürstendamm and the Olivaer Platz. He was also behind a development of the skyscraper at the Anhalter Station in Berlin which was named after the Saxon royal family.[1] In cooperation with Albert Heilmann, Mendelssohn constructed the Europahaus (House of Europe) in Berlin, which today houses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.[2] He emigrated during the Third Reich.

Death

Mendelssohn died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.

References
  1. Whyte, Iain Boyd; Frisby, David (2012-11-27). Metropolis Berlin: 1880–1940. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520270374.
  2. Lillteicher, Jürgen (2007). Raub, Recht und Restitution: die Rückerstattung jüdischen Eigentums in der frühen Bundesrepublik (in German). Wallstein Verlag. ISBN 9783835301344.
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