Hermann Gerschtanowitz
Hermann Gerschtanowitz · Economics & Business
Business co-director of the Tuschinski cinema concern and its Rotterdam theatres; murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.
28 novembre 1887, Łódź, Pologne — 5 octobre 1942, Auschwitz
Łódź, Rotterdam
Hermann Gerschtanowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Business co-director of the Tuschinski cinema concern and its Rotterdam theatres; murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.
Origins and marriage
Hersch Josef 'Herman' Gerschtanowitz was born on 28 November 1887 in Łódź, into a Polish Jewish family. On 22 March 1911 he married Chaia Ehrlich, of Zduńska Wola — sister of the wife of Abraham Tuschinski — and the marriage made him part of the family firm that was to change Dutch cinema.
The businessman of the trio
Of the trio he was the businessman: while Abraham Tuschinski and Hermann Ehrlich leaned to the artistic side, Gerschtanowitz kept the books and sat on the boards of six Rotterdam cinemas — the Grand Theatre (1927–1935), the Olympia (1927–1936), the Roxy (1935–1936), the Royal (1927–1935), Studio 32 (1932–1935) and the Thalia (1927–1935).
Memory
Arrested under the occupation and deported, he was murdered at Auschwitz on 5 October 1942 — the same day as Chaia. Their son Max survived the war. His name is written in the Digital Jewish Monument of the Netherlands, and a plaque in the Amsterdam theatre honours the three founders together.
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Source: Joods Erfgoed Rotterdam ; Joods Monument
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Business co-director of the Tuschinski cinema concern and its Rotterdam theatres; murdered at Auschwitz in 1942.
Source: Joods Erfgoed Rotterdam ; Joods Monument
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