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Adolf Jandorf

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German Jewish entrepreneur, founder of KaDeWe (1870-1932)

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Abraham Adolf Jandorf was a Jewish German businessman, who owned and operated the department store chain A. Jandorf & Co. Through his use of the most modern sales techniques, he rose from humble beginnings to become one of Germany's major merchants.

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Adolf Jandorf with his family, 1908Adolf Jandorf with his family, 1908Birthplace of Jandorf in Hengstfeld, 2008Birthplace of Jandorf in Hengstfeld, 2008Jandorf department store, Berlin, corner of Brunnenstrasse and Veteranenstrasse, 2008Jandorf department store, Berlin, corner of Brunnenstrasse and Veteranenstrasse, 2008

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Horst-Dieter Esch47.1Hans-Ekkehard Bob47.0Udo Schütz47.1Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Schaeffler47.0Wolfgang Falck47.1Michael Diekmann46.9

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Abraham Adolf Jandorf was a Jewish German businessman, who owned and operated the department store chain A. Jandorf & Co. Through his use of the most modern sales techniques, he rose from humble beginnings to become one of Germany's major merchants. With the Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin in 1907, he founded what is today Germany's best-known department store.

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Germany
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1932 · aged 61
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