Leo Lewin
Jewish merchant and art collector from Breslau persecuted by the Nazis (1881-1965)
Leo Lewin (born 1881 in Breslau; died 1965) was a German merchant, art collector and horse breeder who was persecuted by the Nazis due to being Jewish.
Family
Lewin was the eldest of six children of the Breslau textile manufacturer Carl Lewin (1855-1926). His older brother, Salo Lewin (1880–1975) was a lawyer and an art collector. The business C. Lewin was located at 7 Gartenstrasse (today's Piłsudskiego Street). During the First World War, the company delivered to the German army and equipped soldiers and horses, making the company prosperous.
Lewin married Helene Kosewski in 1917. The couple moved into a villa at Akazienallee 12 in Breslau; this was extensively rebuilt by Oskar Kaufmann with the help of numerous artists such as César Klein.
Horse breeding
After the First World War, Leo Lewin leased the Römerhof stud established by Georg von Bleichröder in Erftstadt and had the war damage repaired. Under Lewin, the mare population comprised up to 80 animals, at that time the largest population in Germany. From 1925 Lewin successfully organized yearling auctions.
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