Mandel Szkolnikoff

Mandel Szkolnikoff
Born January 28, 1895
Szarkowszczyzna, Russian Empire
Died June 10, 1945(1945-06-10) (aged 50)
El Molar, Madrid, Spain
Occupation Businessman
Religion Judaism

Mandel Szkolnikoff (1895-1945) better known as Michel Szkolnikoff, was a Russian businessman.

Early life

Mandel Szkolnikoff was born January 28, 1895 in Szarkowszczyzna in the Russian Empire (now Sharkowshchyna in Belarus). He was Jewish.[1] He had a German passport.[1]

Career

Szkolnikoff was a major economic collaborator in the occupied France during the Second World War. Less known than Joseph Joanovici, he made a considerable fortune by supplying the Kriegsmarine and then the SS, mainly in textile, and was described as "the man who pushed the practice of black market to an extreme.[2]

He reinvented his returns to build a real estate empire.[3]

Death

He was found dead June 10, 1945 near Madrid in Spain.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Le mystère Szkolnikoff, Le Parisien, February 2, 2014
  2. Renaud de Rochebrune, Jean-Claude Hazera, Les Patrons sous l'Occupation, Paris: Editions Odile Jacob, 2013, pp. 229-235
  3. Fabrice Grenard, La France du marché noir (1940-1949), Paris: Editions Payol, 2012, p. 180


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