Nissim de Camondo (23 August 1892 – 5 September 1917) was a French military officer and a member of the prominent

Camondo family The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Judaism, Jewish financiers and philanthropists. History Part of the Sephardi Jews, Sephardic community in Spain, the Camondo family settled in Venice after the Alhambra Decree, 1492 Spanish ...

. Born in

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and named for his grandfather, he was the son of

Moïse de Camondo Count Moïse de Camondo (15 March 1860 – 14 November 1935) was an Ottoman Empire-born French banker and art collector. He was a member of the prominent Camondo family. Biography As a child, Camondo moved with his family from their home in Cons ...

, a wealthy Jewish banker, and countess Irène Cahen d'Anvers. As the only son of two children, Nissim de Camondo was expected to take over the family business. However, immediately upon the outbreak of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, he joined the French army, then served as a pilot in the

air force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...

. Lieutenant Nissim de Camondo died in 1917 during aerial combat in

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and was buried in the

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, in Paris. On his death in 1935, Moïse de Camondo bequeathed his Parisian mansion at 63, rue de Monceau (including its contents and a major collection of art) to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, to be used to create the

Musée Nissim de Camondo The Musée Nissim de Camondo is a historic house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Camondo at 63, rue de Monceau, on the edge of Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nearest Paris Métro stops are Vi ...

in his son's honor. During the

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, Camondo's sister, Béatrice, her husband, Léon Reinach, and their two children, Fanny and Bertrand, all died in the

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. Camondo's mother, Irène survived by escaping to a villa in the south of France.The Tragedy of the De Camondo-Reinach Family

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Nissim de Camondo Nissim de Camondo (23 August 1892 – 5 September 1917) was a French military officer and a member of the prominent Camondo family. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt and named for his grandfather, he was the son of Moïse de Camondo, a wealthy Jewi ...

Burials at Montmartre Cemetery People from Boulogne-Billancourt