Chajim Fürst
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Chajim Fürst, aka Heinrich Chajim Fürst (born ca. 1580; died 1653, in Hamburg-Altona, Germany) was a merchant and court agent as well as an elder of the Jewish community of Hamburg.[1] According to contemporary sources, Heinrich Chajim Fürst was also the richest Jew in Hamburg at the time.[2]
References
- ^ Hinnenberg, Ulla (1996). Die Kehille. Geschichte und Geschichten der Altonaer jüdischen Gemeinde (in German). Hamburg. ISBN 3-871-66-043-4.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Abrahams, Beth-Zion (2010). The Life of Glückel of Hameln, 1646–1724. Jewish Publication Society. p. 14. ISBN 0827609523.
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- 17th-century Danish businesspeople
- 17th-century German businesspeople
- Court Jews
- Danish Jews
- German Jews
- German people of Danish-Jewish descent
- Jewish merchants
- People from Copenhagen
- People from Altona, Hamburg
- 1592 births
- 1653 deaths
- 17th-century Jews
- German business biography stubs
- Danish business biography stubs
- Jewish biography stubs
- Jewish history stubs