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Ludwig Bamberger (* 22. July 1823 in Mainz, "† 14. March 1899 in Berlin) was a banker and a liberal politician. It originated from a Jewish banker family. It is considered as one of the most important representatives of the German liberalism of the time of establishment of realm.

Bamberger had studied the idea in Mainz law, became 1848 editor of the Mainzer newspaper and supported with its articles German republic (see "“March revolution"”). 1849 he was condemned to a penal servitude and 1852 even to death. Bamberger fled Swiss in the exile.

In the exile he came with the banking transaction into contact, among other things learned he with banks of his relatives into London, Antwerp and Paris. It made fast career and for joint founders of the Banque de Paris et the Pays Bas. On the policy in Germany it took democratic studies influence with its magazine, as well as other journalistic activities.

1866 could return Bamberger to Germany and 1868 it to the tariff parliament were selected, where he became an energetic representative of the monetary union and defended her against smallnational interests. 1869/70 were Bamberger involved in the preparation for the establishment of the German bank as well as Adelbert From 1870 to 1872 Bamberger was member of the board of directors in the German bank.

During the French-German war Bamberger of personal advisors was Otto von Bismarcks. From 1871 to 1893 it was member of the realm daily as a delegate of the constituency Bingen Alzey, which it won mostly reliably. In this time Bamberger was relevant as a prominent member of the national liberals parliamentary group at the standardization of the coinage in Germany, in which conversion of silver to the gold currency takes part and the establishment of the realm bank as central bank.

1880 tuned the majority of the national liberals for the policy of customs protectionism of Bismarck, which led to a splitting of the parliamentary group; Bamberger belonged off there at the so-called "“secessionists"” (late liberal combination). Bamberger rejected the policy of customs protectionism, which was very loudly demanded at this time in the realm by many groups of interests, strictly, and thus he became like Eugen a judge one of the most important opponents Otto von Bismarcks. Bamberger did not however only criticize Bismarck because of whose economic policy - he was also a decided proponent of the Parlamentarisierung and a critic of the federalism. From 1884 to 1893 Bamberger was member of the German-freeintimate party, which had come out from a fusion of the liberals combination with the German progress party.

Due to its religion Bamberger was met with hostility again and again. Karl Marx said once to hear with Ludwig Bamberger "„the gypsy language that Paris stock exchange synagog "“. Its former parliamentary group colleague in the national liberal a party Heinrich of Treitschke, which hardly provided 1879 with its article "“our prospects"” and with hidden sympathy for anti-Semitic ideas for large attention, Bamberger in several combat writings advanced toward.

Bamberger is considered today as a father of the and as a father of the German Marks.

Literature

  • Ludwig Bamberger - banker and revolutionary from Benedikt charcoal burner, German publishing house Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 342105195X

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