Warburg family

This material is held atThe Wiener Holocaust Library

  • Reference
    • GB 1556 WL 1207
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1799-1953
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • German
  • Physical Description
    • 4 items

Scope and Content

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

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.

Arrangement

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Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Lola Hahn-Warburg; J Stiebel

Other Finding Aids

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Conditions Governing Use

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