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By 1952, the Meyers had chased down
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Théophile Bader was born to Jewish merchants Cerf Bader and Adèle
Hirstel. His family were vineyard owners and sold livestock. The family name, "Bader", resulted from 1808 Napoleonic decree from which required Jews to choose a fixed surname for themselves and their children. One of his ancestors,
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In 1912, Alphonse Kahn retired from managing operations but continued to share the role of
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The
Galeries Lafayette group was transferred to non-Jewish owners: the Swiss Aubert and the French industrialist Harlachol. Bader's sons-in laws Max Heilbronn and Raoul Meyer joined the anti-Nazi resistance.
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Bernoulli which had passed through several art dealers to end up in the USA after Bernoulli had sold it. The case has been dragging through courts in the USA and France.
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art dealing family concerning a Monet that had been looted under the Nazis along with nine other paintings that had belonged to her father Max
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partners, granted a loan of 800,000 francs to
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Jacques Lévy, chose Bader. It is possible that he borrowed the name from a non-Jewish friend. After the 1870 defeat and the annexation of
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