Josef Neckermann

Medal record
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Competitor for  Germany
Bronze	1960 Rome	Dressage, Individual
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Dressage, Team
Competitor for West Germany
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Dressage, Team
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Dressage, Individual
Silver	1972 Munich	Dressage, Team
Bronze	1972 Munich	Dressage, Individual

Josef Carl Peter Neckermann (5 June 1912 in Würzburg – 13 January 1992 in Dreieich) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won Olympic medals at four different Olympics, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972.

He was also the founder and owner of the German mail order company Neckermann AG in 1938.

He benefited greatly from the Nazi forced hostile takeover of Jewish merchants including the 1938 acquisition of Karl Amson Joel's retail business in Berlin. Joel (grandfather of Billy Joel) founded a Nuremberg based mail order textile and clothing company in 1928. The following year he also started manufacturing. Joel's company soon became one of the leading mail order sellers in Germany (along with Quelle or Schöpflin). As discrimination further increased (e.g. deliveries had to be marked with a "J" for Juden, or Jew), and Jewish firms became "Aryanized," Joel was forced to sell his company to Neckermann for an unrealistic purchase price in 1938. The original agreement of 2.3 million marks was further reduced by Neckermann to 1.1 million marks. In 1957 Joel got a compensation of 2 million German marks for his former company from Neckermann who ran the most successful German mail order selling company at the time.

External links

• Josef Neckermann at Find a Grave