Paul Mankiewitz
Paul Mankiewitz (born November 7, 1857, in Mühlhausen; died June 22, 1924, on his estate Selchow near Storkow) was a German bank manager and, from 1919 to 1923 chairman of Deutsche Bank. Life. After an apprenticeship at the Gustav Hanau banking house in Mülheim, Mankiewitz joined Deutsche Bank's head office in Berlin in 1879. In 1891, he became a deputy member of the board and joined the Society of Friends. In 1898, Mankiewitz moved up to the management board of Deutsche Bank and, together with Oscar Wassermann, headed its stock exchange business in 1912. From 1919 to  1923, he was chairman ('Sprecher') of the bank's board. Mankiewitz was involved in the financing of Rhenish-Westphalian heavy industry. He was a member of the supervisory board of Phönix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb. He also served on the advisory boards of several insurance companies. He was chairman of the board of "Kronos", Deutsche Lebensversicherungs-AG, Berlin, and the deputy chairmanship of Accumulatorenfabrik AG, Berlin. During World War I, he advised the Reichsbank on financing the war and, after the end of the war, on dealing with reparations claims. He set up financial aid that helped many students  at German universities and technical institutes. Mankiewitz was a member of Deutsche Bank's management board for almost forty-five years. Art. Mankiewitz's portrait was painted by Max Liebermann. Legacy. Paul Mankiewitz was married to Anna Mankiewitz (née Tarlau) and together they had had three sons: Paul Mankiewitz was of the Jewish faith. His children fled Nazi Germany and survived, however, his wife's brother Richard was deported and killed in the Holocaust. The grave of the Mankiewitz family is located in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee.