Otto Bernheimer [SEP] place of death
Otto Bernheimer
Otto Bernheimer (July 14, 1877 – July 5, 1960) was a German collector of art and an antique dealer.
Life.
Otto Bernheimer, born 1877 in Munich, was the son of a supplier to the royal Bavarian court Lehmann Bernheimer (1841-1918), who started the trading business in Munich in 1864. With his two brothers, Max and Ernst (1875-1956), Otto traveled to many European countries in search of fine art. Bernheimer’s customers were European aristocrats
, financiers, diplomats, and artists. They included the Krupp family and William Randolph Hearst. Bernheimer offered not only exclusive pieces, but also complete room amenities to its customers.
After the death of his father in 1918 Otto took over the company in its second generation, due to the difficult economic situation the business was suffering. After the Machtergreifung 1933, the business volume increased because of the demand for prestige items. In the Kristallnacht in 1938, the shop windows were smashed and Otto Bernheimer was imprisoned in the Dachau