Oscar Tietz

Oscar Tietz ( born April 18, 1858 in Birnbaum on the Warta River, province of Posen, † 17 January 1923 in Klosters ) was a German - Jewish merchant. He founded the Hertie Waren-und Kaufhaus.

Life

Oscar Tietz was born as the son of Jacob Fuhrmanns Tietz and his wife Johanna. His brother Leonhard Tietz (1849-1914) founded the later Kaufhof Group. His daughter married Else Tietz 1919 Hugo Zwillenberg.

After a commercial apprenticeship and working to begin with Oscar Tietz opened on March 1, 1882 with the financial support of his uncle Hermann Tietz in Gera yarn, buttons, trimmings, white goods and woolen goods business Hermann Tietz, which already had significant features of modern department stores: fixed prices, no deferral or cover letter and a diverse, cross-sector offer. From 1886 Tietz opened more stores in several German cities in 1900 and finally in Berlin.

Oscar Tietz in 1903 the Association of German goods and department stores ( VDWK ) and initiated in 1919 the foundation of the home community of German Retailers HDE, today's trade association Germany. The VDWK became its member. 1909 Tietz joined the Society of Friends at. On the board of the Relief Association of German Jews and the representative assembly of the Jewish Community of Berlin, he campaigned for the inclusion of Jews who had fled the pogroms of 1903-1905 according to the Tsardom Russia.

The tomb is located in the field of O2 Jewish Cemetery in Berlin- Weissensee. At his birthplace Birnbaum (now Międzychód ) remember a memorial stone and a street name to him.