Franz Oppenheim

Franz Oppenheim (born 13 July 1852 in Charlottenburg; died 13 February 1929 in Cairo) was a German chemist and industrialist who mainly worked for the Agfa company (now Agfa-Gevaert).

His father was German jurist Otto Georg Oppenheim [de] and his mother was Margarethe Mendelssohn (1823–1890).

Oppenheim went to school at Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin.

In Cologne Oppenheim worked first for company Vorster & Grüneberg.

Oppenheim worked since 1928 for German company Agfa in Berlin.

Franz Oppenheim
Hermann Groeber : Franz Oppenheim (first standing on the right) in supervisory board of I.G. Farben , 1926
Memorial plaque in Berlin