Emanuel Wolff was born in the city of Posen, Prussia.
Emanuel Wolff was the President of the largest oil company in Berlin, Germany, dealing mostly in Kerosene at the time; he was forced to sell the company to Rockefeller -- he didn't want to sell, but they were going to come over and compete aggressively. Rockefeller's company Standard Oil formed Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft (DAPG) in 1890, and that put a lot of pressure on them with unfair competition practices. In the metropolitan area of Berlin, the brothers Gustav and Emanuel Wolff stood at the head of the local petroleum trade. On January 1, 1892 they sold their business (Berliner Petroleum) to DAPG. As compensation, each of the two brothers received 100 Share Certificates, with additional 80 shares on April 1, 1893. By 1901, their total shares had reached 204 a piece.
Emanuel designed and planned a large mansion house in West Berlin, but died before he could live there. The house was finally finished in 1914, and his wife lived there until the early 1930s. The address was Lindenallee 35, D-14050 Berlin, Germany --- in the late 1930s the Nazis took over the house and used it as a headquarters -- there is a book on the history of the house.
Emanuel's residence at the time of his death was Berlin, Viktoriastraße 23. His son, Fritz, a student of philosophy, was also there.
Son of Isaak Wolff and Maria Wolff (Heilbronn)
Husband of Hedwig Wolff (Wolff)
Father of Marie Levy (Wolff) ; Flora Mayer (Wolff); Elwina Neustadt (Wolff) and Fritz Georg Wolff
Brother of Gustav Wolff, Elwina Schiff (Wolff), and Flora Wolff.
He is buried at Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee, along with many others from his extended Berlin famliy. Funeral Number 23245 in row 13 of cemetery N2, along with his wife Hedwig (funeral number 91560)
Emanuel Wolff was the President of the largest oil company in Berlin, Germany, dealing mostly in Kerosene at the time; he was forced to sell the company to Rockefeller -- he didn't want to sell, but they were going to come over and compete aggressively. Rockefeller's company Standard Oil formed Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft (DAPG) in 1890, and that put a lot of pressure on them with unfair competition practices. In the metropolitan area of Berlin, the brothers Gustav and Emanuel Wolff stood at the head of the local petroleum trade. On January 1, 1892 they sold their business (Berliner Petroleum) to DAPG. As compensation, each of the two brothers received 100 Share Certificates, with additional 80 shares on April 1, 1893. By 1901, their total shares had reached 204 a piece.
Emanuel designed and planned a large mansion house in West Berlin, but died before he could live there. The house was finally finished in 1914, and his wife lived there until the early 1930s. The address was Lindenallee 35, D-14050 Berlin, Germany --- in the late 1930s the Nazis took over the house and used it as a headquarters -- there is a book on the history of the house.
Emanuel's residence at the time of his death was Berlin, Viktoriastraße 23. His son, Fritz, a student of philosophy, was also there.
Son of Isaak Wolff and Maria Wolff (Heilbronn)
Husband of Hedwig Wolff (Wolff)
Father of Marie Levy (Wolff) ; Flora Mayer (Wolff); Elwina Neustadt (Wolff) and Fritz Georg Wolff
Brother of Gustav Wolff, Elwina Schiff (Wolff), and Flora Wolff.
He is buried at Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee, along with many others from his extended Berlin famliy. Funeral Number 23245 in row 13 of cemetery N2, along with his wife Hedwig (funeral number 91560)
Emanuel Wolff was born in the city of Posen, Prussia.
Emanuel Wolff was the President of the largest oil company in Berlin, Germany, dealing mostly in Kerosene at the time; he was forced to sell the company to Rockefeller -- he didn't want to sell, but they were going to come over and compete aggressively. Rockefeller's company Standard Oil formed Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft (DAPG) in 1890, and that put a lot of pressure on them with unfair competition practices. In the metropolitan area of Berlin, the brothers Gustav and Emanuel Wolff stood at the head of the local petroleum trade. On January 1, 1892 they sold their business (Berliner Petroleum) to DAPG. As compensation, each of the two brothers received 100 Share Certificates, with additional 80 shares on April 1, 1893. By 1901, their total shares had reached 204 a piece.
Emanuel designed and planned a large mansion house in West Berlin, but died before he could live there. The house was finally finished in 1914, and his wife lived there until the early 1930s. The address was Lindenallee 35, D-14050 Berlin, Germany --- in the late 1930s the Nazis took over the house and used it as a headquarters -- there is a book on the history of the house.
Emanuel's residence at the time of his death was Berlin, Viktoriastraße 23. His son, Fritz, a student of philosophy, was also there.
Son of Isaak Wolff and Maria Wolff (Heilbronn)
Husband of Hedwig Wolff (Wolff)
Father of Marie Levy (Wolff) ; Flora Mayer (Wolff); Elwina Neustadt (Wolff) and Fritz Georg Wolff
Brother of Gustav Wolff, Elwina Schiff (Wolff), and Flora Wolff.
He is buried at Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee, along with many others from his extended Berlin famliy. Funeral Number 23245 in row 13 of cemetery N2, along with his wife Hedwig (funeral number 91560)
Emanuel Wolff was the President of the largest oil company in Berlin, Germany, dealing mostly in Kerosene at the time; he was forced to sell the company to Rockefeller -- he didn't want to sell, but they were going to come over and compete aggressively. Rockefeller's company Standard Oil formed Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft (DAPG) in 1890, and that put a lot of pressure on them with unfair competition practices. In the metropolitan area of Berlin, the brothers Gustav and Emanuel Wolff stood at the head of the local petroleum trade. On January 1, 1892 they sold their business (Berliner Petroleum) to DAPG. As compensation, each of the two brothers received 100 Share Certificates, with additional 80 shares on April 1, 1893. By 1901, their total shares had reached 204 a piece.
Emanuel designed and planned a large mansion house in West Berlin, but died before he could live there. The house was finally finished in 1914, and his wife lived there until the early 1930s. The address was Lindenallee 35, D-14050 Berlin, Germany --- in the late 1930s the Nazis took over the house and used it as a headquarters -- there is a book on the history of the house.
Emanuel's residence at the time of his death was Berlin, Viktoriastraße 23. His son, Fritz, a student of philosophy, was also there.
Son of Isaak Wolff and Maria Wolff (Heilbronn)
Husband of Hedwig Wolff (Wolff)
Father of Marie Levy (Wolff) ; Flora Mayer (Wolff); Elwina Neustadt (Wolff) and Fritz Georg Wolff
Brother of Gustav Wolff, Elwina Schiff (Wolff), and Flora Wolff.
He is buried at Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee, along with many others from his extended Berlin famliy. Funeral Number 23245 in row 13 of cemetery N2, along with his wife Hedwig (funeral number 91560)
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