Rudolf Löb

Rudolf Löb
Rudolf Löb
Born	(1877-11-21)November 21, 1877 Elberfeld, Prussia
Died	January 30, 1966(1966-01-30) (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	German Empire
Occupation	Banker
Employer	Mendelssohn & Co.

Rudolf Löb (November 21, 1877 – January 30, 1966) was a German banker with Mendelssohn & Co. and consultant to the German and Russian governments.

Life

Löb became personal liable partner with Mendelssohn & Co. in 1919. Following the death of Franz von Mendelssohn and Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in 1935, Löb was appointed as chairman of Mendelssohn & Co. bank as the first non-family member. In the 1930s, he served as the Belgian General Consul in Berlin. In 1938, he was pressured by the Nazis' Aryanisation policy to break up Mendelssohn & Co. and hand over most of its assets to Deutsche Bank. Löb emigrated to Argentina in 1939 and to the United States in 1948. He died on January 30, 1966.

Further reading

• Förster, Andreas (1997-10-17). "Das ungeklärte Ende des Bankhauses Mendelssohn". Berliner Zeitung.

External links

• Guide to the Rudolph Loeb Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, NY