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Warburg family

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1207

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Warburg family

Date(s): 1799-1953

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 4 items

Name of creator(s): Warburg family

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Warburg family is a German-Jewish family of bankers. The Warburgs moved from Bologna to Warburg in Germany in the 16th century before moving to Altona, near Hamburg in the 17th century. Their first known ancestor was Simon von Cassel, who died c 1566. They took their surname from the city of Warburg. The brothers Moses Marcus Warburg and Gerson Warburg founded the M M Warburg and Co banking company in 1798 that is still in existence. Moses Warburg's great-great grandson, Siegmund George Warburg, founded investment bank S G Warburg & Co in London in 1946. Siegmund's second cousin, Eric Warburg, founded Warburg Pincus in New York in 1938. Eric Warburg's son Max Warburg is currently one of the three partners of M M Warburg & Co.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Family tree of the Warburg family, Hamburg-Altona, published for the family including index and supplement, 1799-1953.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

N/A

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

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Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Lola Hahn-Warburg; J Stiebel

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn