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Salman Schocken
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Salman Schocken

Jewish publisher and entrepreneur (1877-1959)

Salman Schocken (German: [ˈzalman ˈʃɔkn̩]; October 30, 1877 – August 6, 1959) or Shlomo Zalman Schocken (Hebrew: שלמה זלמן שוקן) was a German Jewish publisher, and co-founder of the large Kaufhaus Schocken chain of department stores in Germany. Stripped of his citizenship and forced to sell his company by the German government, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, where he purchased the newspaper Haaretz (which is still majority-owned by his descendants).2

From Wikipedia’s article on Salman Schocken (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 29, 1877, died Aug 6, 1959.1

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Career

Occupation: art collector, merchant, entrepreneur, businessperson, publisher.5 6

Personal life

  • BornOct 29, 1877, Margonin7
  • DiedAug 6, 1959, Pontresina8
  • CitizenshipIsrael, Germany9
  • SpouseZerline (Lilli) Schocken, nèe Ehrmann10 11

In 1910 Salman Schocken married Zerline "Lilli" Ehrmann, a twenty-year-old German Jewish woman from Frankfurt. They had four sons and one daughter. Their eldest son, Gustav Gershom Schocken, succeeded his father at the Schocken publishing house in Tel Aviv and at the Haaretz newspaper. Another son, Gideon Schocken, became a Haganah fighter and later a general and the head of the Manpower Directorate of the Israel Defense Forces.

From Wikipedia’s article on Salman Schocken (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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