Foerster, Willy Rudolf, 1905-1966

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Name (Latin)
Foerster, Willy Rudolf, 1905-1966
Date of birth
1905-07-15
Date of death
1966-02-19
Place of residence/headquarters
Tokyo (Japan)
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q38526737
Library of congress: n 2018048743
Sources of Information
  • Der Fall Foerster, 2017:
Wikipedia description:

Willy Rudolf Foerster (15 July 1905 – 19 February 1966) was a German engineer and industrialist in Japan who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. He founded the F. & K. Engineering Company and the German-Japanese Machine Tool Company, called Nichidoku Kikai Seisakujo, in Tokyo. Foerster was a leading industrialist and one of the richest foreigners in Japan.

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