Ludwig Katzenellenbogen

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Ludwig Katzenellenbogen (born 21 February 1877 in Krotoschin, German Empire; died 30 May 1944 in Berlin) was a German brewery director deported by the Nazis to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. His father, Adolph Katzenellenbogen (1834-1903), founded the alcohol distillery in what was then Krotoschin (now Krotoszyn). In 1903, Ludwig became head of his father's business, and founded the Spiritus headquarters in Berlin (later nationalized). At the end of 1924, a consortium under his leadership acquired a large block of shares in Mitteldeutsche Creditbank, in which his cousin, Albert (1863-after 1933) sat on the board. After the death of Adolf Jarislowsky's son Alfred (1929), the way was clear for the merger with Commerzbank. He became general manager of the Ostwerke-Schultheiß-Patzenhofer brewery in Berlin. Ostwerke was a group of spirit, cement, yeast, glass, and machine factories, and ran into difficulties after the takeover of Schultheiß-Patzenhofer-Brauerei and as a result of the economic crisis, at the end of the 1920s. Until 1930, Ludwig Katzenellenbogen was married to Estella Marcuse (1886-1991), the daughter of a physician. Their children were the political scientist Konrad Kellen (1913-2007), and younger sisters Estella and Leonie. They lived in the Freienhagen manor house, outside Liebenwalde, north of Berlin.