Willy Rudolf Foerster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willy Rudolf Foerster

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Reichenbach im Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1966

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Willy Rudolf Foerster (15 July 1905 – 19 February 1966) was a German engineer and industrialist in Japan who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
He founded the F.
& K.
Engineering Company and the German-Japanese Machine Tool Company, called Nichidoku Kikai Seisakujo, in Tokyo.
Foerster was a leading industrialist and one of the richest foreigners in Japan.