Hans Arnhold

Hans Arnhold
Hans Arnhold
Born	Template:Birth date; Dresden, Germany
Died	September 8, 1966 (aged 78)
Occupation	Banker
Known for	Founder of the New York branch of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder; involvement in family banking enterprise Bankhaus Gebrüder Arnhold

Hans Arnhold (born May 30, 1888 – died September 8, 1966) was a banker of German-American descent.

Early life

As the youngest child of Dresden-based banker Georg Arnhold and Anna Beyer, Hans Arnhold became involved in the family banking enterprise Bankhaus Gebrüder Arnhold together with his siblings Adolf, Heinrich, and Kurt. He took charge of the firm's branch office located in Berlin.

Career

In 1931, Arnhold played a key role in establishing a collaboration with Bankhaus S. Bleichröder. After the Nazi government's "Aryanization" process led to the takeover of the Dresden main office and Berlin branch in 1938, he relocated with his family first to Paris and subsequently to the United States in 1939. There, he founded the New York branch of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, which later served as the firm's principal headquarters. The family's extensive art collection and library housed in Paris were seized by Reichsleiter Rosenberg's organization in 1941 and were only partially restored following the conclusion of World War II.

Hans Arnhold Center

The family's residence situated on Wannsee in Berlin, purchased by Reich Minister Walther Funk in 1939 and subsequently repurposed as an American officers' club, was converted into the Hans Arnhold Center affiliated with the American Academy in Berlin in 1998. This development was supported by Anna-Maria, daughter of Hans and Ludmilla, along with her husband Stephen M. Kellen.

External links

Arnhold Family Collection (archived) at the Leo Baeck Institute (digitized)