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Fritz Mendl

born Vienna, April 19, 1864; died Vienna, December 8, 1929

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Austrian leading industrialist, brother of Heinrich Mendel and of Schenker’s pupil and patron Mrs. Sofie Deutsch. Fritz Mendl bore the title of Kammerrat (Chamber Counsellor).

Seventh and second children respectively of Samuel Mendl and Babette (née Bettelheim), Fritz and Heinrich Mendl were initially suppliers of alcoholic beverages, coffee, and tea, but in 1891 founded Ankerbrot (=Anchor Bread, its symbol being the anchor), produced at the “Viennese Bread and Baked Goods Factory,” in the 10th district of Vienna; by 1914 this company had 1,300 employees, by 1920 2,000 employees and 100 branches, was aryanized in 1938 but continues into the 21st century.

Fritz Mendl and Schenker

Schenker knew Fritz Mendl through his sister Mrs. Sofie Deutsch, who was a pupil of Schenker's from c.1902 to her death in 1917. Mendl is first mentioned in Schenker's diary on December 21, 1906 (as "an excellent, clever person"). Schenker encountered him frequently when at Mrs. Deutsch's apartment, or when eating with her at the coffee-house, and he was occasionally a guest at the house of Mendl and his wife Emilie "Milly" (née Fried).

Correspondence with Schenker

There is one letter from Fritz Mendl to Schenker, informing him of the provisions that Mrs. Deutsch had made for him in her will (OJ 12/52, [1], January 12, 1917). Mendl is cited also in a disclaimer that Schenker subsequently signed (OJ 14/40[b], December 27, 1918). He is mentioned also in letters between Schenker and the attorneys Siegfried Türkel and Hugo Friedmann.

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