Word: warburgs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...memorial of Felix M. Warburg who died two weeks ago a concert will be given tonight in Fogg Museum at 8 o'clock by the Stradivarius Quartet. He gave money to the museum during his life, and the Stradivarius instruments of the Quartet were acquired by him for the players...
...closed for the rest of the day. On the same day the New York Times printed in honor of one man three columns of close-packed memorial notices. Demonstrations of sympathy occurred in such far-flung places as London, Jerusalem, Paris. For death had come to Felix Moritz Warburg, 66, banker, philanthropist, recognized leader of U. S. Jews...
...Moritz Warburg married Charlotte Oppenheim in Hamburg in the middle of the 19th Century. There were five sons. Felix, Paul, Max and Fritz grew up to be bankers, Aby became a famed art historian. Felix followed Paul to the U. S. and into Kuhn, Loeb & Co., stayed with the company after Paul left to help start the Federal Reserve System. But Felix was less interested in banking than in charity & world Jewry...
After the War the Joint Distribution Committee, with Felix Warburg as chairman, had been formed to relieve starving Jews in Central Europe. Out of the $80,000,000 spent. Felix Warburg gave $10,000,000. Then the Nazis seized the power in Germany and Felix Warburg threw all of the Committee's energies into the task of helping Jews move out of the reach of Adolf Hitler. While Felix helped thousands of Jews to leave. Max and Fritz remained, however, in Hamburg. Felix Warburg was no ardent political Zionist. He gave great sums to Jews in Palestine...
...University officers, and especially to the Fogg Museum, however, Mr. Warburg's financial help has been the small part of his generosity. His was the princely manner of giving that seeks no glory, but only the satisfaction of intelligent giving. There are few tablets in the Fogg Museum reminding visitors that this or that object was the "Gift of Felix Warburg," but if it were not for him the museum would probably not be there. His gifts were ready as they were needed, to pay a salary or expenses, to support and expedition, or make a timely purchase. And always...