Herbert Felix

Herbert Felix ( born July 9, 1908 in Znojmo, † May 5, 1973 in Rome) was the founder of AB in Sweden and Felix Felix Austria in Austria.

Life

Herbert Felix began in the family Loew & Felix to work. He should be his father's successor as head of the company, but had to flee to Sweden when the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia. Herbert Felix was married to a Swede. His mother, father and brother were murdered in Auschwitz. In Sweden, he began a successful collaboration with P. Håkansson in Eslöv. Felix The brand was a real trademark for cucumbers but soon also of other products in Sweden. In 1955 the company got the name AB Felix. As in 1955, the Allies withdrew from Austria, Bruno Kreisky encouraged his cousin Herbert Felix to invest in Austria and was founded in 1959, Felix Austria in Matter castle in Burgenland. In April 2007, he made ​​an honorary citizen of his native town of Znojmo was, in memoriam, awarded.

• Entrepreneurs (Sweden)
• Entrepreneur ( 20th century)
• Emigrant from the German Empire at the time of National Socialism
• Austrian
• Person ( Znojmo )
• Born in 1908
• Died in 1973
• Man