Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJulius CASSIRER 
Birth2 Feb 1841
Death17 Jun 1924451
FatherMarkus (‘Meir’) CASSIRER (1801-1879)
MotherJeanette STEINITZ (1813-1889)
Spouses
Birth17 Jan 1844110
Death17 Jul 1924
FatherSiegfried CASSIRER (1812-1897)
MotherJette (Henriette) FISCHER (1821-1891)
Marriage17 Mar 1868776
Notes for Julius CASSIRER
See also Notes: WD Falk Account.
See also Claude Cassirer: Misc Note 2 [Spain’s refusal to return Pissarro painting]
Julius Cassirer financed a cable factory which exploited a new technology for encasing electrical cable in rubber utilising the knowledge of two nephews of his who had studied engineering and learnt the trick about manufacturing cables in Vienna. He became the major shareholder which his nephews ran.
In 1900, Julius Cassirer bought the painting "Rue de Saint Honoré", by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro, from the artist’s close friend and Paris dealer Durand-Ruel. The painting was subsequently inherited by his son Friedrich and his daughter-in-law Lilly. Pictures from the 1930s show the beautiful Pissarro painting in the living room of the Cassirers’ residence in Munich. [To see the picture refer Claude Cassirer]
A human disaster followed the rise to power of the Nazis. Mrs. Lilly Cassirer, a widow by then, and her grandson Claude, had to flee Germany. Other members of her family, including her own sister Hanna, who could not escape, were killed by the Nazis in the death camps. A Nazi agent forced Mrs. Cassirer to surrender her Pissarro painting to him. Later on, the GESTAPO seized the painting and included it in an auction in Berlin in 1943. Although Mrs. Cassirer reported the plundering to U.S., German and international restitution authorities, the painting disappeared for decades. The anonymous purchaser of the painting at the 1943 Berlin auction later sold the painting, which was then sold periodically to other parties, who moved the painting from one continent to another, until it was acquired by Baron Heinz Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza for his collection, which was subsequently acquired by the Museum Foundation Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. Visitors see it now on the walls of the Museum.
From a letterhead J. Cassirer appears to have lived at Kurfuerstendamm 190, Berlin W.
See also note from Melissa Müller777: “Julius Cassirer (1841-1924), who bore the title Royal Commercial Councilor, was partner in the firm Dr. Cassirer & Co. Kabelwerke Berlin-Spandau, which he had founded in 1896 with his brother Louis (1839-1904) and the latter's son Hugo (1869-1920). The profitable production of electric cables, insulated supply lines, and wires gave the family members financial independence and made it possible for Paul (1871—1926), another son of Louis Cassirer, and Bruno (1872-1941), Julius's son, to pursue their "genuine and strong passion for art," demonstrating in the process an unerring sense of what was new (Karl Scheffler).”
See also Claude Cassirer: Misc Note 2 [Spain’s refusal to return Pissarro painting]
Julius Cassirer financed a cable factory which exploited a new technology for encasing electrical cable in rubber utilising the knowledge of two nephews of his who had studied engineering and learnt the trick about manufacturing cables in Vienna. He became the major shareholder which his nephews ran.
In 1900, Julius Cassirer bought the painting "Rue de Saint Honoré", by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro, from the artist’s close friend and Paris dealer Durand-Ruel. The painting was subsequently inherited by his son Friedrich and his daughter-in-law Lilly. Pictures from the 1930s show the beautiful Pissarro painting in the living room of the Cassirers’ residence in Munich. [To see the picture refer Claude Cassirer]
A human disaster followed the rise to power of the Nazis. Mrs. Lilly Cassirer, a widow by then, and her grandson Claude, had to flee Germany. Other members of her family, including her own sister Hanna, who could not escape, were killed by the Nazis in the death camps. A Nazi agent forced Mrs. Cassirer to surrender her Pissarro painting to him. Later on, the GESTAPO seized the painting and included it in an auction in Berlin in 1943. Although Mrs. Cassirer reported the plundering to U.S., German and international restitution authorities, the painting disappeared for decades. The anonymous purchaser of the painting at the 1943 Berlin auction later sold the painting, which was then sold periodically to other parties, who moved the painting from one continent to another, until it was acquired by Baron Heinz Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza for his collection, which was subsequently acquired by the Museum Foundation Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. Visitors see it now on the walls of the Museum.
From a letterhead J. Cassirer appears to have lived at Kurfuerstendamm 190, Berlin W.
See also note from Melissa Müller777: “Julius Cassirer (1841-1924), who bore the title Royal Commercial Councilor, was partner in the firm Dr. Cassirer & Co. Kabelwerke Berlin-Spandau, which he had founded in 1896 with his brother Louis (1839-1904) and the latter's son Hugo (1869-1920). The profitable production of electric cables, insulated supply lines, and wires gave the family members financial independence and made it possible for Paul (1871—1926), another son of Louis Cassirer, and Bruno (1872-1941), Julius's son, to pursue their "genuine and strong passion for art," demonstrating in the process an unerring sense of what was new (Karl Scheffler).”
Misc Note 2 notes for Julius CASSIRER
From the Anecdotebooklet, Julius moved to Berlin in 1876778
Julius may have been the wealthiest of the Cassirer brothers. In 1912 The Prussian tax authorities estimated his wealth at 3,650,000 Mark and his annual income at 375,000 to 380,000 Mark.
Julius may have been the wealthiest of the Cassirer brothers. In 1912 The Prussian tax authorities estimated his wealth at 3,650,000 Mark and his annual income at 375,000 to 380,000 Mark.