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Adolf Schoyer

1872 – 1961

German manufacturer

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Lived 1872 – 1961 (aged 88). Adolf Schoyer was a German industrialist and merchant.

Adolf Schoyer (August 28, 1872 – June 15, 1961) was a German metal trader, industrialist, and a leader of the local Orthodox Jewish Community.

Biography Schoyer was born to an Orthodox Jewish family on August 28, 1872, in Berlin, Germany. In 1929, he succeeded :de:Kommerzienrat Norbert Levy as chairman of the Vereins Deutscher Metallhändler (Association of German Metal Traders) at the Börse Berlin which he headed until the rise of the National Socialists and their seizure of power in 1933. He also served as the chairman of the stock exchange board of the Berlin Metal Exchange and chairman of the Verein am Deutschen Edelmetallgroßhandel beteiligen Firmen (Association of the German Precious Metal Wholesale Companies). From 1925 to 1932 he was a member of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. In 1938, he emigrated to England and returned in 1945. In 1946, after World War II, Schoyer became chairman of the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), founded in 1941 by Jewish refugees, an international organization dedicated to Holocaust survivors and refugees. In 1957, he received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany).

Schoyer died on June 15, 1961, in Bad Kissingen, Germany

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Who was Adolf Schoyer?

German manufacturer (1872–1961)

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Adolf Schoyer was born on 28 August 1872 in Berlin.

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Adolf Schoyer died on 15 June 1961 in Bad Kissingen.

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Adolf Schoyer was an industrialist and merchant.

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Adolf Schoyer was German.

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· Wikipedia: Adolf Schoyer

· Wikidata: Q364177

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