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| | Articles - Mayer Amschel Rothschild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Mayer Amschel Rothschild, born Mayer Amschel Bauer on February 23, 1744 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany – died there on September 19, 1812 was the founder of the Rothschild family banking empire that would become one of the most successful business families in history. |
 | | He changed his name to Rothschild (Red Shield in English) from Bauer, the previous family name, in reference to the red shield that was the official house sign and thus logotype of the family business, a bank and a brothel, founded by his father Moses. |
 | | Mayer Amschel Rothschild is buried in the Battonnstrasse cemetery in Frankfurt, Germany. |
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