Heinrich Mendelssohn
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Heinrich Mendelssohn was a Berlin
building tycoon.
Mendelssohn was born in Posen
, German Empire
today Poznań, Poland
in 1881. In cooperation with Albert Heilmann
, Mendelssohn constructed the Europahaus (House of Europe) in Berlin
, which today houses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. He emigrated during the Third Reich, and died in Geneva
, Switzerland
in 1959.
A claimed connection to the family of the famous Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn
has not yet been confirmed.
He is most likely the father [illegitimately] of the actor Daniel Gerroll whose mother was Heinrich's paramour from 1949 to 1959.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
building tycoon.
Mendelssohn was born in Posen
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
today Poznań, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in 1881. In cooperation with Albert Heilmann
Albert Heilmann
Albert Heilmann was an architect and contractor who worked in Munich and Berlin.From 1909 to 1929 he was junior boss of his father Jakob Heilmann's construction company, Heilmann & Littmann...
, Mendelssohn constructed the Europahaus (House of Europe) in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, which today houses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. He emigrated during the Third Reich, and died in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
in 1959.
A claimed connection to the family of the famous Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah is indebted...
has not yet been confirmed.
He is most likely the father [illegitimately] of the actor Daniel Gerroll whose mother was Heinrich's paramour from 1949 to 1959.