Julius Petschek

Julius Petschek
Born 14 March 1856
Kolín
Died 22 January 1932
Prague
Nationality Czechoslovakia / German-speaking Jewish minority

Julius Petschek (1856 – 1932) was an industrialist of the Jewish origin in former Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).

Petschek was born in Kolín. He and his brothers Isidor (1854–1919) and Ignatz (1857–1934) played an important role in the coal industry of the young Czechoslovakia.[1] Their concern controlled also 30% of the German and in total almost 50% of the European brown coal mining industry in the years after WWI.[2]

In 1920 Ignatz founded the Petschek Brothers Bank (Bankhaus Petschek & Co.) in Prague that was directed by 6 family members including Julius.[1] After he died in 1932 his son Walter and Isador's son Hans ran the company until 1938 when they moved to New York as a consequence of the Munich Agreement. Julius is known for commissioning the bank's Petschek Palace in Prague that was used by the Gestapo in WWII.

Julius Petschek died in Prague.

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