Mandel Szkolnikoff
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Mandel Szkolnikoff | |
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Born | 28 January 1895 |
Died | 10 June 1945 | (aged 50)
Occupation | Businessman |
Mandel Szkolnikoff (28 January 1895 – 10 June 1945), better known as Michel Szkolnikoff, was a French businessman.
Early life
Mandel Szkolnikoff was born on 28 January 1895 in Sharkawshchyna in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus. He was Jewish.[1] He had a German passport.[1]
Career
Szkolnikoff was a major economic collaborator in the occupied France during the Second World War. Less known than Joseph Joanovici, he made a considerable fortune by supplying the Kriegsmarine and then the SS, mainly in textile, and was described as "the man who pushed the practice of black market to an extreme.[2]
He reinvested his returns to build a real estate empire.[3]
Death
He was found dead on 10 June 1945 near Madrid in Spain.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Le mystère Szkolnikoff, Le Parisien, February 2, 2014
- ^ Renaud de Rochebrune, Jean-Claude Hazera, Les Patrons sous l'Occupation, Paris: Editions Odile Jacob, 2013, pp. 229-235
- ^ Fabrice Grenard, La France du marché noir (1940-1949), Paris: Editions Payol, 2012, p. 180
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- 1895 births
- 1945 deaths
- People from Sharkowshchyna District
- Deaths in Spain
- French collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Belarusian Jews
- Jews from the Russian Empire
- Jewish collaborators with Nazi Germany
- French billionaires
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Spain
- Expatriates in Spain
- French business biography stubs