Oscar Tietz (18 April 1858 – 17 January 1923) was a Jewish-German businessman (Unternehmer).

He was born in Birnbaum/Warthe, Posen, Kingdom of Prussia. The brother of Leonhard Tietz, and a nephew of Hermann Tietz, he joined his uncle's department store concern, in Berlin, Tietz Department Store (Elberfeld).[1][2]

Oscar Tietz died in Klosters, Switzerland at age 64.[3]

Legacy

When the Nazis came to power the departments stores the Tietz founded were Aryanized, that is forcibly transferred to non-Jewish owners.[4] The Tietz department stores became part of Hertie, KaDeWe.[5][6]

Postwar claims were filed by the Tietz family concerning the expropriation of property under the Nazis.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Niewyk, Donald L. (2001). The Jews in Weimar Germany. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 9781412837521. Retrieved 30 December 2019 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Tietz Department Store Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "About People". The American Israelite. 23 February 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 30 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Es Geht Wohl Anders (Things Turn Out Differently): The Unexpected Life of Walter Arlen: Goebbels and the Nazi Attack on Jewish-owned Department Stores". Es Geht Wohl Anders (Things Turn Out Differently): The Unexpected Life of Walter Arlen. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "The Long Shadow of Aryanization". Berlin Layers. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Story of a Name – Talking about Hertie's Darker Past". The Governance Post. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "CLAIMS RESOLUTION TRIBUNALIn re Holocaust Victim Assets LitigationCase No. CV96-4849Certified Awardto Claimant [REDACTED 1]also acting on behalf of [REDACTED 2]in re Accounts of Hermann Tietz & Co., Georg Tietz, Martin Tietz and Grundwert Aktiengesellschaft KaiserdammClaim Number: 209429/RS" (PDF).


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