Bernhard Altmann

Bernhard Altmann
Bernhard with wife Wilhelmine, Vienna, 1949
Born
Bernhard Altmann

23 December 1888
Przemyśl
Died2 December 1960(1960-12-02) (aged 71)
OccupationTextile manufacturer
RelativesFritz Altmann (brother) Maria Altmann (sister-in-law)

Bernhard Altmann (23 December 1888 – 2 December 1960) was an Austrian textile manufacturer whose business was stolen and whose family's art collection was looted by Nazis because of their Jewish origins. He introduced cashmere wool to North America on a mass scale in 1947.

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