Oscar Tietz (18 April 1858 – 17 January 1923) was a
Jew
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ish-
German
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businessman (''Unternehmer'').
He was born in
Birnbaum/Warthe, Posen. The brother of
Leonhard Tietz, and a nephew of
Hermann Tietz
Hermann Tietz (born 29 April 1837, in Birnbaum an der Warthe near Posen (today Międzychód, Poland), died on 3 May 1907 in Berlin) was a German-Jewish merchant, co-founder of the Tietz Department Store. He was buried in the Weißensee Cemet ...
, he joined his uncle's
department store
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concern, in
Berlin, Tietz Department Store (Elberfeld).
Oscar Tietz died in
Klosters
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, Switzerland at age 64.
Legacy
When the Nazis came to power the departments stores the Tietz founded were
Aryanized
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, that is forcibly transferred to non-Jewish owners. The Tietz department stores became part of
Hertie,
KaDeWe.
Postwar claims were filed by the Tietz family concerning the expropriation of property under the Nazis.
See also
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Leonhard Tietz
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Hermann Tietz
Hermann Tietz (born 29 April 1837, in Birnbaum an der Warthe near Posen (today Międzychód, Poland), died on 3 May 1907 in Berlin) was a German-Jewish merchant, co-founder of the Tietz Department Store. He was buried in the Weißensee Cemet ...
*
Tietz Department Store (Elberfeld)
References
1858 births
1923 deaths
People from Międzychód
Businesspeople from Berlin
People from the Province of Posen
20th-century German businesspeople
German businesspeople in retailing
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