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. They took their surname from the city of Warburg. The brothers Moses Marcus Warburg and Gerson Warburg founded the M. M. Warburg & 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. Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Warburg is a city in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Höxter. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Altona is the westernmost district of the city of Hamburg in Germany, on the right bank of the Elbe. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Warburg is a city in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Höxter. ... M. M. Warburg & CO KGaA is a large German private and investment bank in Hamburg, Germany. ... Member of prominent German-Jewish Warburg family, born 1902 in Hamburg, died 1982 in London. ... London-based investment bank founded by Siegmund George Warburg of the Warburg family in 1946 and recognized for, among other things, its pioneering mergers and takeover work in the U.K. in the 1960s and eurobond work starting in the 1970s. ... Eric M. Warburg (1900-1990) was a member of the prominent Warburg family of German-Jewish bankers. ... Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. ...

Family Organization

Alsterufer and Mittelweg Lines

The family is traditionally divided into two prominent lines, the Alsterufer Warburgs and the Mittelweg Warburgs. The Alsterufer Warburgs descended from Siegmund Warburg (1835-1889) and the Mittelweg Warburgs descended from his brother Moritz M. Warburg (1838-1910). They took their nicknames from the brothers' respective addresses in Hamburg. The brothers were grandsons of Moses Marcus Warburg.

Siegmund George Warburg was of the Alsterufer line; the four brothers Aby, Max, Paul and Felix were of the Mittelweg line. Member of prominent German-Jewish Warburg family, born 1902 in Hamburg, died 1982 in London. ...

American and German Warburgs

One of the members of the family in the United States was Felix Warburg. He was a banker and philanthropist, and his house in New York City became the Jewish Museum. Another American Warburg was Paul Warburg, the father of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. New York, NY redirects here. ... The Jewish Museum of New York was first established in 1904, when the Jewish Theological Seminary received a gift a 26 Jewish cermonial art objects by Judge Mayer Sulzberger. ... Paul Moritz Warburg (August 10, 1868 - January 24, 1932) was a German-American banker and early advocate of the U.S Federal Reserve system. ... Headquarters Washington, DC, USA Chairman Ben Bernanke Central Bank of United States Currency US dollar ISO 4217 Code USD Base borrowing rate 5. ...

The German branch of the family included Max Warburg, one of the founders of the IG Farben industrial conglomerate which later played such an ominous role in helping the Third Reich. At the outbreak of WWII, however, all Jewish members had been expelled from the board of IG Farben (and all other companies in Germany). Virtually all members of the Warburg family had fled to the United States or Great Britain by 1938. However, two cousins, mother and daughter Gerta and Betty Warburg, lingered in Altona until 1940, were captured by the Nazis and died in the concentration camp at Sobibor.^[1] Eric Warburg, son of Max Warburg, retired to Germany and was influential in restoring Germany's reputation after the Second World War. Eric's son, also called Max, is currently a partner in M.M. Warburg & CO. in Hamburg. Max Warburg (1867-1946) was a German banker and was, from 1910 till 1938, director of M. M. Warburg & Co. ... IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG) was a German conglomerate of companies formed in 1925 and even earlier during World War I. IG Farben held nearly a total monopoly on the chemical production, later during the time of Nazi Germany. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Sobibór was a Nazi extermination camp that was part of Operation Reinhard. ...

Noteworthy Members and Institutions

• • Moses Marcus Warburg (-1830), banker
  • Moritz Warburg (1810-1886), jurist
  • Max Warburg (1867-1946), Hamburg banker, great grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg (of the "Mittelweg" line of Warburgs)
  • Aby Warburg (1866-1929), German-UK art historian, brother of Max Warburg
  • Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932), father of the Federal Reserve, brother of Max and Aby Warburg
  • James Paul Warburg (1897-1969), son of Paul Moritz Warburg, advisor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the early days of the Brain Trust, American delegate to the London Economic Conference, economist, banker, and author of lyrics (using the pen name Paul James) to a 1930 hit Broadway musical, Fine and Dandy.
  • Felix Warburg (1871-1937), New York banker, philanthropist, brother of Max, Aby and Paul Warburg
  • Frieda Schiff-Warburg, wife of Felix Warburg
  • Gerald Warburg, son of Frieda and Felix, well-known cellist
  • Eric Warburg (1900-1990), banker and goodwill ambassador, son of Max Warburg, namesake of the Eric M. Warburg Prize
  • Siegmund George Warburg (1902-1982), founder of S.G. Warburg & Co, London, great great grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg (of the "Altersufer" line of Warburgs)

• • M. M. Warburg & CO, bank in Hamburg founded by Moses Marcus Warburg and Gerson Warburg
  • Warburg Institute, founded by Aby Warburg
  • Kultur-wissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, founded by Aby Warburg
  • Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm, founded by Eric Warburg
  • S.G. Warburg & Co., London investment bank founded by Siegmund George Warburg

Max Warburg (1867-1946) was a German banker and was, from 1910 till 1938, director of M. M. Warburg & Co. ... Botticellis The Birth of Venus Botticellis Primavera Aby Moritz Warburg (Born: 13 June 1866 Hamburg, Germany Died: 26 October -1929 Hamburg, Germany) was an influential art historian. ... Paul Moritz Warburg (August 10, 1868 - January 24, 1932) was a German-American banker and early advocate of the U.S Federal Reserve system. ... The Federal Reserve System is headquartered in the Eccles Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve System (also the Federal Reserve; informally The Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. ... Eric M. Warburg (1900-1990) was a member of the prominent Warburg family of German-Jewish bankers. ... Member of prominent German-Jewish Warburg family, born 1902 in Hamburg, died 1982 in London. ... London-based investment bank founded by Siegmund George Warburg of the Warburg family in 1946 and recognized for, among other things, its pioneering mergers and takeover work in the U.K. in the 1960s and eurobond work starting in the 1970s. ... M. M. Warburg & CO KGaA is a large German private and investment bank in Hamburg, Germany. ... The Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London. ... Botticellis The Birth of Venus Botticellis Primavera Aby Moritz Warburg (Born: 13 June 1866 Hamburg, Germany Died: 26 October -1929 Hamburg, Germany) was an influential art historian. ... Botticellis The Birth of Venus Botticellis Primavera Aby Moritz Warburg (Born: 13 June 1866 Hamburg, Germany Died: 26 October -1929 Hamburg, Germany) was an influential art historian. ... Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. ... Eric M. Warburg (1900-1990) was a member of the prominent Warburg family of German-Jewish bankers. ... S.G. Warburg & Co was a London-based investment bank founded in 1946 by Siegmund George Warburg, a member of the Warburg family, a prominent German-Jewish banking family; and Henry Grunfeld, a former industrialist in the German steel industry. ... Member of prominent German-Jewish Warburg family, born 1902 in Hamburg, died 1982 in London. ...

References

1. ^ Ron Chernow, The Warburgs (Vantage: 1993)

Ronald Chernow is an American biographical author. ...

External links

• Jewish Encyclopaedia article (1901-1906)
• Irving Katz's review of The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family by Ron Chernow

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.