About Samuel Fränkel
Lived 1801 – 1881 (aged 79). Samuel Fränkel was a German industrialist and factory owner.
Samuel Fränkel (; 22 November 1801 – 28 July 1881 ) was a German industrialist.
Life Samuel Fränkel was born 22 November 1801 in Zülz (currently Biała, Poland). In 1827 he moved to Neustadt O.S. (currently Prudnik). He founded a linen and terrycloth factory in 1845, at the shore of Prudnik river. It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg. The company was confiscated from the Fränkel family by Nazis in 1938, under the Nuremberg Laws that prohibited German Jews from owning property. Post-war, the company reopened under the name Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex".
Family He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.
Death Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S.
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German industrialist (1801-1881)
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Samuel Fränkel was born on 22 November 1801 in Biała.
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Samuel Fränkel died on 28 July 1881 in Prudnik.
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Samuel Fränkel was an industrialist and factory owner.
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Samuel Fränkel was German.
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