Schocken, Salman

Schocken, Salman
(1877–1959)
   Publisher and bibliophile. Schocken made a fortune through the department stores which he and his brother started in Germany. He built up a collection of rare Hebrew books and manuscripts, and founded a Research Institute for Medieval Hebrew Poetry. He was a patron of S.Y.AGNON at the start of his career, and founded publishing houses in Tel Aviv and New York. Schocken was an active Zionist for more than thirty years and in 1934 he acquired the Israel newspaper Ha’aretz. His library and Poetry Research Institute were incorporated into the Schocken Institute, Jerusalem, after his death.
   His son Gershom (b. 1902) became owner and editor of Ha’aretz and from 1955–9 represented the Liberal Party in the Knesset.

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  • Schocken (Kaufhaus) — Das Kaufhaus Schocken in Stuttgart, zeitgenössisches Foto Das ehemalige Kaufhaus Schocken in Chemnitz 2005 Unter der Bezeichnung Kaufhaus Schocken firmi …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Salman Schocken — ( he. שלמה זלמן שוקן) (October 30, 1877, Margonin, Poland August 6, 1959, Pontresina, Switzerland) was a German Jewish publisher and businessman.Salman Schocken was the son of Jewish shopkeeper in Posen. [ [http://www.forward.com/articles/7288/… …   Wikipedia

  • Schocken Department Stores — (Kaufhaus Schocken) was a chain of department stores in Germany before the Second World War.The company was found by Simon and Salman Schocken (1877–1959). After Simon had married into the owner family of Warenhaus Ury Gebrüder in Leipzig, the… …   Wikipedia

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