Nissim de Camondo was a French

France

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 banker. Named for his grandfather, he was born into the Camondo family

Camondo family

The Camondo family was a prominent European family of Jewish financiers and philanthropists.Part of the Sephardic community in Spain, after the 1497 Spanish decree that ordered the expulsion of all Jews who refused conversion to Catholicism, the Camondo family settled in Venice...

 of Paris

Paris

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, the son of the prominent and wealthy Jewish

Jews

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 banker, Moïse de Camondo

Moïse de Camondo

Count Moïse de Camondo was an Ottoman Empire born Italian origin French banker. As a child, Camondo moved with his family, from their home in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, to Paris where he grew up and continued his father's career as a banker...

. As the only son of two children, Nissim de Camondo was expected to take over the family business. However, immediately upon the outbreak of World War I

World War I

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, he joined the French Army, then served as a pilot in the Aéronautique Militaire

French Air Force

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.

Lieutenant Nissim de Camondo died in 1917 in aerial combat in Lorraine

Lorraine (région)

Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...

 and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.

On his death in 1935, Moïse de Camondo bequeathed his Paris mansion at 63, rue de Monceau in Paris including its contents and a major collection of art

Art

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 to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, a museum of the decorative arts and design, 107 rue de Rivoli, Paris 1er, France. It is part of Les Arts Décoratifs.-The museum:...

 to be used to create the Musée Nissim de Camondo

Musée Nissim de Camondo

The Musée Nissim de Camondo is a non-profit house museum located in the Hôtel Camondo, 63, rue de Monceau, at the edge of the Parc Monceau, VIIIe arrondissement, Paris, France....

in his son's honor.

External links

• Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris, France