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Oppenheimer, Otto

b. 07.09.1875, Bruchsal — d. 08.02.1951, Bronx, New York

100% documented

Personal Details

Religion Jewish
Profession Textile manufacturer (Uniformtuche seit 1803, Bruchsal)
Address (until c. 1927) Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Family textile firm, 'Uniformtuche seit 1803'
Address (by 1927–1939) Jahrequartierstrasse 28, Zug, Switzerland Emigrated to Switzerland by 1927 per Geni; correspondence address 1939
Address (c. 1940s–1951) 3240 Henry Hudson Pkwy, Bronx, New York, United States Same address as daughter Annie Baer. Final residence.

Emigration

Zug, Switzerland; later New York, USA — 1927

Events

1938
Otto leaves Bruchsal for Switzerland

Otto Oppenheimer, textile manufacturer, leaves family firm "Uniform Cloth since 1803" (est. by great-grandfather Zacharias in Michelfeld). Successors: Ernst Franke & Co.

Bruchsal
04.02.1939
Otto writes genealogical letter from Zug

Otto Oppenheimer, textile manufacturer from Bruchsal now in Zug, Switzerland, writes a detailed letter tracing Oppenheimer family history back 300 years to Worms and connecting to Rabbi Löw of Prague.

Zug, Switzerland

Notes

Moses's relative — confirmed as part of the Bruchsal/Michelfeld Oppenheimer branch.

Textile manufacturer from Bruchsal, descended from Michelfeld Oppenheimers. Emigrated to Zug, Switzerland, then to New York.

Corresponded about Oppenheimer family genealogy in 1939 from Switzerland.

Traced Oppenheimer family history back to Worms (300+ years), connecting to Rabbi Jair Chaim Bacharach and the Maharal of Prague (Rabbi Löw), legendary creator of the Golem.

Father: Louis Oppenheimer (1831–1907, Michelfeld→Bruchsal). Grandfather: Sigmund Seligmann (1801–1872, Michelfeld). Great-grandfather: Zacharias (1773–1827, Michelfeld).

Full ancestor chain confirmed via Geni.com back to Loeb Oppenheim 'zu Worms' (est. 1510–1573), confirming Otto's own 1939 genealogical research.

Had volunteer Dr. jur. Edgar Wolf write firm history 'O. Michelfeld-Bruchsal'. Documents were in archive of Freiherren von Gemmingen.

Visited 80-year-old Hermann O. in Gemmingen a year before writing (c. 1938). Showed grandsons from Karlsruhe (identified as Harry/Heinz Ettlinger, b. 1926 Karlsruhe) the factory building before their emigration to USA.

Firm traded under name 'Uniform Cloth since 1803' (Uniformtuche seit 1803). Successors: Ernst Franke & Co. in Bruchsal.

Buried in Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey.

Has German Wikipedia article: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Oppenheimer

Geni profile managed by Randy Schoenberg: https://www.geni.com/people/Otto-Oppenheimer/6000000002764903033

Brother Jacob Oppenheimer (1862–1933) remained in Bruchsal; married Hedwig née Wälder (sister of Otto's wife Emma née Wälder).

Wife Emma née Wälder (1878–1970) was from Rottweil; her sister Hedwig married Otto's brother Jacob.

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