Dr. jur. Dr. - engineer E.h. Dr. rer. pole. h.c. Paul Silverberg (* 6. May 1876 in Bedburg; "† 5 October 1959 in Lugano) was a German Industrieller.

1903 became Silverberg in follow-up of its father Adolf Silverberg general manager of the Fortuna AG for brown coal mining industry and briquette production, from which the Rheini AG for brown coal and briquette production (today Rhine brown) developed later. it changed 1926 into the supervisory board of the enterprise.

As deputy chairmen of the realm federation of of the German industry (RDI) (starting from 1927), chairman of the combination company of Rheini brown coal works (starting from 1914) and supervisory board chairmen of the Rheini brown coal syndicate (starting from 1914) was DVP member Silverberg of one of the most influential representatives of the mining industry in the Weimar Republic. it gave famous a speech before the members of the RDI to 1928, in which it for a "state-affirming point of view" the entrepreneur occurred, become, for agreement to the Weimar Republic and for a co-operation with SPD and trade unions. This registered harsh criticism of Industriellen, who faced like Fritz Thyssen, Emil Kirdorf and Albert of the republic further hostilely to him. To occur in October 1931 as transport ministers the second cabinet it rejected the offer.

The private secretary of Silverberg Otto Meynen published the German leader letters since 1928. The sheet supported a Regierungsbeteilgung of the NSDAP in the sense of a It is not well-known whether Silverberg divided this attitude. In November 1932 it took up Werner von Alvensleben contact over the member of the gentleman club to Hitler.

1934 had to emigrieren Silverberg due to its Jewish origin into Switzerland. Despite requests Konrad Adenauer rejected Silverberg after 1945 a return to Germany.

Literature

• Pure hard Neebe: Large-scale industry, state and NSDAP 1930 - 1933. Paul Silverberg and the realm federation of the German industry in the crisis of the Weimar Republic, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen 1981 (= critical studies to the science of history, volume 45) ISBN 3-525-35703-6

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