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View Tree for Adolf RothsteinAdolf Rothstein (b. 1858, d. 1904)

Adolf Rothstein (son of Julius Rothstein and Frumet Frank) was born 1858 in Berlin, and died 1904 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He married (1) Eugenie LeGrenzy. He married (2) Camille C. Schmidt.

 Includes NotesNotes for Adolf Rothstein:
According to Kthe Beutler:

There were six children in my mothers family, two sons and four
daughters. The oldest brother of my mother (Adolf) was a very gifted per-
son. His hobby was music; although he did not play an instrument, he could
sing a whole opera by heart. He was an admirer of Wagner, who just became
famous when Adolf was a young man. He started in his fathers (RN82)
business, but evidently, this did not work out, and he emigrated to Russia.
In order to get permission to live in St. Petersburg and to get a job there, he
had to give up his Jewish faith, but he did not get baptized. I dont know
anything about his first years there. I remember him only being the presi-
dent of the Russian-Chinese Bank. In addition he did some dealing for the
government; he secured some loans from France for the Russian government.
He was married to a former actress (Eugenie LeGrenzie. RN85), a gentile
from impoverished Austrian nobility. She freely spent his money, or he
spent it for her, because she owned one of the most beautiful strings of
pearls and a lot of valuable jewelry. Her clothes were bought in Paris. They
owned a villa near Ischl in Austria, where they spent several months in
summer every year with their two children, a girl (Elsie, RN103) and a boy
(Fritz, RN104). Besides, they travelled every year in Spring to Biarritz, a
resort on the Atlantic Coast of Spain.

The beginning was good, but the end was bad. My uncle died at age
forty eight of a streptococcus infection. His widow moved with the children
first to Berlin and after a few years to Graz in Austria, where her whole
family lived. When her son (RN104) was sixteen, she finally discovered that
for some time already her butler had introduced the boy to a bordello. Since
she did not know what to do, she sent the boy to his uncle in Berlin, the
younger brother of her late husband (Max Rothstein, RN86). This was her
greatest mistake, because this uncle as well as his wife were neither
willing nor able to help the boy. However, before going home, he stopped at
Vienna and went there to a doctor because he was afraid he had caught
syphilis. The doctor reassured him, but he did not believe the doctor. When
he arrived home, he committed suicide.

My aunt's money was for the most part invested in Russian bonds.
When the war between Russia and Austria started, she did no receive any
interest, nor was there a market for the bonds. However, she had enough
property which she sold, which provided here with enough money to live.
Later on, she started to sell her jewelry, which again gave here enough
money. Her daughter (RN105) married very soon after the boy had died, and
then she married a count.


More About Adolf Rothstein:
Occupation: Banker.

Children of Adolf Rothstein and Eugenie LeGrenzy are:
  1. +Elsie Rothstein, b. 1896, St. Petersburg, Russia, d. 1940, Bruck a.d. Mur, Austria.
  2. Fritz Rothstein, b. 1898, St. Petersburg, Russia, d. 1914, Graz, Austria.

Children of Adolf Rothstein and Camille C. Schmidt are:
  1. +Alexander Werth, b. Feb 04, 1901, St. Petersburg, Russia305, 306, d. Mar 05, 1969, Paris (?)307.
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