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Bernhard Altmann
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Bernhard Altmann

Austro-Hungarian socialite

Bernhard Altmann (23 December 1888 – 2 December 1960) was an Austrian textile manufacturer whose business was stolen and whose family's art collection was looted by Nazis because of their Jewish origins. He introduced cashmere wool to North America on a mass scale in 1947.2

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Born 1888, died 1960.1

Early life and education

Altmann was the son of Karoline Keile (Tischler) and Karl Chaskel Altmann. His family was Jewish. He entered the textile trade in Vienna in 1915, and in 1919 founded his knitwear manufacturing business. His company grew to employ 1,000 people by 1938 before the German Anschluss forced him to flee to London.

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Career

Occupation: art collector, entrepreneur.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Siebenbrunnengasse 19-21, Vienna3

Personal life

  • Born1888, Przemyśl5
  • Died1960, Zurich6

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