Reinhold Cassirer (Q1484514)
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German Jewish art dealer, refugee, CEO Sothebys South Africa (1908-2001)
- Reinhold Hans Cassirer
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Reinhold Cassirer |
German Jewish art dealer, refugee, CEO Sothebys South Africa (1908-2001) |
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Nadine Gordimer: Ich bin nicht tapfer (German)
7 September 2008
9 February 2024
1969
1979
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Reinhold and his wife immigrated to South Africa in 1935. He worked then with a mining engineering firm that had been a client of his father’s factory. In 1939 at the outbreak of war he volunteered to join the South African army, eager to fight against the Nazis. He did not yet have South African citizenship but was accepted on guarantees from the eminent South African lawyer, Vernon Berrange. On his return to South Africa he ran a mining engineering business for some years until the chairman of Sotheby’s in London, who knew of the Cassirer family’s knowledge of art, appointed him to open a branch of Sotheby’s in South Africa. He worked there for 10 years, from February 1969 through 1979. (English)
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