{{Short description|German-born metal trader who co-founded Philipp Brothers}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Julius Philipp | birth_date = 1 March 1878 | birth_place = Hamburg, German Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|03|15|1878|03|01|df=y}} | death_place = Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany | death_cause = | education = | spouse = | known_for = Co-founder of ''Philipp Brothers'' | occupation = Metal trader | children = | parents = | family = Oscar Philipp (brother)<br> Elliot Philipp (nephew)<br> Martha Bernays (cousin) }}
'''Julius Philipp''' (1 March 1878 – 15 March 1944) was a German-born metal trader who co-founded ''Philipp Brothers''.
==Biography== Julius Philipp was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Germany.<ref name=ImmEnt>{{Cite web|last= Storli |first=Espen|title= Ludwig Jesselson (1910-1993)|publisher=Immigrant Entrepreneurship|date=30 August 2013 |url=https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=167#_edn16 |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> He was a cousin to Martha Bernays, the wife of Sigmund Freud.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejksDwAAQBAJ&q=Oscar+Philipp&pg=PT335|first= Isaiah|last=Berlin|title=Affirming: Letters 1975-1997|publisher=Vintage Digital|date=7 September 2017|isbn=978-1845952259}}</ref> In 1901, he founded a small metal trading company in Hamburg, Germany.<ref name=ImmEnt /><ref name=Powerhouse>{{Cite web|last= Meyer |first= Gregory |title=Rise and fall of a commodities powerhouse |publisher=Financial Times|date=2 February 2015 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/92f86602-a7f1-11e4-be63-00144feab7de }}</ref> In 1909, Philipp and his younger brother, Oscar Philipp established a metal trading company in London under the name of ''Philipp Brothers''.<ref name=ImmEnt /><ref>{{cite web |title=Phibro LLC: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek |author=Bloomberg |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4346852 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008132533/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4346852 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2012 |access-date=19 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Phibro |author=Phibro |url=http://www.phibro.com/ |access-date=24 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/10/09/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-phibro-and-andrew-hall/ | work=Wall Street Journal | title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Phibro and Andrew Hall | first=Michael | last=Corkery | date=9 October 2009}}</ref> Julius continued to run the German operation out of Hamburg.<ref name=ImmEnt /> In 1914, with the advent of World War I, Siegfried Bendheim, an apprentice, German citizen, and minor partner in Philipp Brothers, avoided internment by the British government by moving to New York City where he established Philipp Brothers, Inc.<ref name=ImmEnt /> Oscar Philipp was not affected by the war as he had previously obtained British citizenship.<ref name=ImmEnt /> In 1923, another apprentice and second cousin to Bendheim, Siegfried Ullmann, moved to the New York office.<ref name=ImmEnt /> In 1934, Julius moved ''Philipp Brothers''' German operations to Amsterdam due to the rise of Nazi Germany.<ref name=ImmEnt /> In 1944, he died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.<ref name=Powerhouse /> The New York office eventually became Philipp Brothers headquarters.<ref name=Powerhouse />
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