S. M. von Rothschild controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1938
Nazi persecution and forced dispossession
After the Anschluss, Louis von Rothschild was imprisoned because he was Jewish, released after a substantial ransom was paid by his family, stripped of Austrian citizenship and forced to leave Austria without his property. The bank was subsequently placed under compulsory administration and sold.