August George Heinrich of Finck (* 18. July 1898 in Kochel to lake; "† 22 April 1980 in was a German banker. August von Finck was the son and successor of William of Finck. It belonged to the first Bewunderern Adolf Hitler and has with his private bank at that time "“Merck, Finck & Co."” numerous Jewish banks arisiert. Under these also the banks were J. Dreyfus & Co. from Berlin as well as Rothschild.

Life

August George Heinrich of Finck was the son of the 1911 with hereditary aristocracy distinguished banker William of Finck, the 1870 the banking house Merck, Finck & Co. and later with others also the residents of Munich reinsurance and alliance insurance the AG in the life called. After the attendance of a material High School Finck received bank-technical training.

After the older brother William was fallen in the war, Finck and two sisters became after the death of the father in the year 1924 partners of the banking house. He came accordingly to this position into the supervisory boards of numerous industrieller enterprises, partly than member of the board, partly than chairmen of the supervisory board, under it a number of insurance companies, like the residents of Munich reinsurance company, alliance and Stuttgart life insurance bank and alliance and Stuttgart association, Bavarian insurance bank, Hermes credit insurance bank Berlin, Securitas revision and trust AG Munich, South German soil credit bank etc. of far ones sat he in numerous supervisory boards and specialized committees. After 1933 it sat in the general council of the economy, belonged furthermore the senate of the German academy and was a chairman of the Kuratoriums of the "“house of the German art"” in Munich as well as presidency member of the academy for German right. After affiliation of Austria Finck transferred 1938 to Vienna the Rothschild bank.

1945 lost Finck its both most important posts as a chairman of the supervisory board of the residents of Munich reinsurance and the alliance insurance AG due to the Entnazifizierungsbestimmungen, while the bank was administered by the trustee Dr. Philippi and back to flourishing be brought could. 1948 were classified Finck, which had joined 1933 of the party, as a Already 1951 was it in the residents of Munich reinsurance again deputy chairmen of the supervisory board. Special attention dedicated Finck to the protection from land reform measures after the war and the further increase of its landed property, which became estimated 1970 on approximately 2000 hectares alone at the residents of Munich periphery and altogether approximately 4000 hectares, of it 1200 agriculturally been useful, covered.

Beside the principal firm Merck, Finck & Co. in the summer 1965 together with the RTG company of auditors the DSK bank (German saving and credit bank) was created, a joint-stock bank. In the 60's the Finck private bank expanded by additional purchase and participation in the private banking. Thus won Merck, Finck & Co. further registered places of business in Frankfurt and Duesseldorf.

Finck was married from 1927 to 1942 with Margot, geb. by The son August von Finck junior (* 11. March 1930) was up to the sales of its portions in year 1990 personally responsible partner with Merck, Finck & Co. Its brother William (* 29 October 1927) lives in Duesseldorf and administers other interests of the family. From first marriage still another daughter originates, from second marriage of two further children. Finck died unexpectedly in April 1980 at the age of 81 years on its countryseat with Munich.

Land reform affair

The publicity-shy Finck came into the columns of the press, when the Bavarian federal state parliament was concerned with the procedures around the land deliveries Fincks in the course of the land reform after the war. In May 1970 assembled a committee of inquiry, which should clarify whether the partial return of land reform country at Finck and its sister Elizabeth winter stone by the Bavarian national settlement GmbH and the remuneration regulation between the state and the Landabgebern, made thereby by the Ministry Of Agriculture, rightfully taken place or whether the Bavarian state was damaged thereby. From SPD side the statement had been set up that the state had suffered in favor of of Finck and its sister a financial loss from at least 40 to 50 million Marks. With the land reform affair generally also the behavior of the Bavarian national settlement should be examined as non-profit with the establishment and sale of rural homesteads. The committee came to no unanimous opinion. The CSU found nearly everything in a "“majority report"”, duly happened, the SPD stated in its "“minority report"” a long series of illegalities. The SPD state tag delegate at that time and later Munich mayor Kronawitter used details from the minority report in the election campaign and came over it into a lengthy legal argument with Finck.

A many years busy law case around "“panorama"” - a transmission, which had taken care of the land reform thing, the courts. Originally panorama boss Merseburger and two editors had been condemned to substitution of high indicator expenditures for a defense campaign Fincks, but main header the Federal High Court this decision up. However (1976) the NDR was finally condemned to reading out rectifications and granted to Finck a smart money, whose height determined the OLG Munich at 25,000 DM. In a law case around the application of a bank way at the Kochelsee by the possession Fincks and other this project got attacking private properties before court right.

Enterprise

Under the obligation of the publicity law Finck saw itself 1972 for the first time compelled to reveal its and participation. In the "“TIME"” of 17 June 1977 an overview of the substantial participation of the banking house and the family was printed. 1979 had the company balance a volume of about 2.25 billion DM. On occasion for 1973 in June 1974 a re-organization under company law was communicated to the explanation of the conclusion, by inclusion of the "“Agricola administrative company kg"” into the circle that now eight personally responsible partner. It functions as a kind family getting thing. Finck and its sons inserted their portions of the bank into the Agricola. On the other side the group winter stone stands (the family circle of the sister Elizabeth winter stone is called). A complementary with Agricola must be in the future always personally responsible partner of the bank, whereby no descendant without considerable disadvantages can separate with the compensation from the bank. The interests of bank are to be held together in this way. Outside of this construction the landed property remained.

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