Schocken family
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The Schocken family was a prominent German-Jewish business dynasty best known for its influential department store chain and cultural patronage in early 20th-century Germany.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-Jewish family
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business family ⓘ dynasty ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Weimar Republic
NERFINISHED
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early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German modernist architecture
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Haaretz newspaper NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish cultural renaissance in Germany ⓘ Schocken Library in Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| business |
Schocken Verlag
NERFINISHED
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Schocken department stores NERFINISHED ⓘ Schocken-Kaufhaus AG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
philanthropy
ⓘ
publishing ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| hasPublishingHouse |
Schocken Books New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schocken Verlag Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Aryanization of Schocken department stores under Nazi regime
ⓘ
emigration from Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| knownFor |
modern department store architecture
ⓘ
support of Hebrew literature ⓘ support of Jewish scholarship ⓘ support of the arts ⓘ |
| languageOfCulturalPatronage |
German
GENERATED
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Hebrew GENERATED ⓘ Yiddish GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cultural patronage
ⓘ
department store chain ⓘ publishing activities ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Gershom Schocken
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salman Schocken NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Schocken NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodor Schocken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Chemnitz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Stuttgart NERFINISHED ⓘ Tel Aviv NERFINISHED ⓘ Zwickau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
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