Arthur von Weinberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German chemist
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Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
About Arthur von Weinberg
- Arthur von Weinberg (11 August 1860, in Frankfurt am Main – 20 March 1943, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto) was a German chemist and industrialist. He was a co-owner of Cassella and later a co-founder, co-owner and member of the supervisory board and the administrative board of IG Farben.
- He was also a prominent philanthropist in Frankfurt.
- He founded the Arthur von Weinberg Foundation in 1909, was director of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society and was a co-founder of the Goethe University Frankfurt in 1914. A member of a prominent Jewish-origined family of industrialists, he was a grandson of Ludwig Aaron Gans.
- In 1908 Arthur Weinberg and his brother Carl were ennobled by Emperor William II, and he received numerous other honours in Germany.
- In 1909 he married the Dutch widow Willemine Huygens.
- During the Nazi regime, Weinberg was forced out of his offices and for a time lived with his adopted daughters Marie and Charlotte, Countess Spreti in Bavaria.
- In 1942 he was arrested, and he died following a cholecystectomy in the Theresienstadt Ghetto at the age of 82.
- His ashes were scattered in the Eger river.
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