Gustav Schickedanz

Gustav Abraham Schickedanz (1 January 1895 – 27 March 1977

In 1939 Quelle achieved sales of 40 million Reichsmark.

On 8 June 1942 Gustav Schickedanz married 17 years younger Grete Lachner in St.-Pauls-Kirche in Fürth. On 20 October 1943 daughter Madeleine was born in the bunker of Nuremberg women's hospital.

Postwar After the war Schickedanz was initially prohibited from carrying on his business by the American occupation authorities.

After numerous acquisitions, Quelle's group sales reached 5 billion Deutschmarks by 1972.

Gustav Schickedanz and his wife Grete initiated a number of charitable works for which they received much public recognition.