Hermann Jacob Eissler (20 July 1860 Vienna – 26 February 1953 Nice) was an Austrian entrepreneur and art collector persecuted and plundered by Nazis because of his Jewish origins.
[3] He worked at "Josias Eissler & Söhne", which was located at Vienna I., Singerstraße 8; branch in Mistelbach, Lower Austria, Wienerstraße 15-17.
[4] Eissler collected paintings, works on paper and sculptures, with his brother Gottfried (1861-1924).
[6] When the Nazis integrated Austria into the Third Reich with the Anschluss in 1938, Eissler was persecuted because he was Jewish.
[8] After World War II, his widow and daughter tried to recover works of art from Austrian state ownership.