Miksa Fehér de Nagyabony
Miksa Fehér was born Miksa Weisz in Nagyabony, Bratislava County, on 1 March 1867. He was educated at the Budapest Commercial Academy, where he graduated in 1884, and then worked at the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, where he rose through the ranks. On 4 June 1895, when he was already a senior officer at the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, he married Rosa Schreiber, a resident of Mezőtúr, and they were soon married. The couple had a son, László, on 6 September 1896. Their daughter Klára was born only six years later in 1902, and was engaged to Herbert Lesser, a Berlin manufacturer, in 1921.
In 1918, the Commercial Bank delegated Miksa White to several credit institutions in which it had an interest, such as the Nitra Savings Bank and the National Savings Bank and Bank, of course to represent the interests of the parent company.
As a result of which, in recognition of his activities, King Charles I granted Miksa Fehér and her legal successors the nobility of Nagyabony in May 1918, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the existence of the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, "in recognition of their merits in the field of economics".
Three years later, the new regime also recognised his activities, because Miklós Horthy awarded Miklós Fehér - together with other economic actors - the title of Councillor to the Hungarian Royal Treasury in 1922.
Miksa Fehér and his wife were also involved in significant social activities, according to records, in 1915 Mrs.Miksán Fehér subscribed 15 000 crowns to war funnels, and in 1923 her husband was one of the main supporters of the Heroes' Monument in Újpest, as he supported the erection of the monument with 70 000 crowns.
Miksa Fehér retired from his position as Managing Director of the Commercial Bank in 1926, but the Bank's management asked him to remain on the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank and to keep the positions he had taken on as a member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank. He did so, and as a result, Miksa Fehér did not become a retired bank manager, and in 1933 his taxable income exceeded 60,000 pence a year.
Together with his wife, he made a joint will in 1930, leaving their property in equal shares to their two children, László and Klára. In the will it was mentioned that Klára's husband, Lesser Herbert, owed the couple a relatively large sum (not specified in the will), although it was noted that they were sure that this loan would be repaid by their son-in-law soon, during their lifetime, but that if this did not happen, the sum would be deducted from Klára's inheritance.
One of Miksa Fehér's acquaintances was Sophie Török, who recorded in her diary that she was a guest of theirs on 13 October 1932.
His wife, Róza Schreiber died on 7 November 1932, but Miksa soon remarried, assuming the one year of mourning, in 1933. In 1934 he and his new wife were on holiday together at the Svábhegyi Sanatorium. It is interesting to note that Miksa Fehér kept his Israelite faith all the time, while his new wife Elza Singer was an Evangelical (Elza Singer died in 1946, her second marriage, she had a son, György Balázs, from her previous marriage).
Although he retired, he did not give up many of his posts - as the bank asked him to do at the time - and continued to lead an active life. On business, he travelled to Bratislava on Monday morning, 11 March 1935, to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Bratislava General Bank. Already then he complained that he was unwell, so he drove from the hotel to the bank and back to the Carlton Hotel after the meeting. He had intended to return home in the evening, on the 8 o'clock train, but at around 7.30 p.m. he became unwell and, despite the immediate call for a doctor, was only pronounced dead.
László Fehér, son of Miksa Fehér, disappeared on 20 October 1944 in Budapest (from this date men living in star houses were taken out to dig trenches).
Points of interest
Miksa Fehér gave a major interview to the Pesti Napló in May 1924 on the Hungarian economy, banks and the stock market. At the time, the Hungarian currency, the koruna, was suffering serious inflation, and the value of shares had also fallen sharply:
"The downward spiral of the crown is over and it is clear that banks will have to settle for a very different business policy from the one they have been following."
Born: 1 March 1867.
Place of birth: Nagyabony, Bratislava county
Date of death: 11 March 1935.
Place of death: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Occupation: bank manager
Parents:
Spouses: Róza Schreiber, 1895-1932, Elza Singer 1933-1935
Children: László Fehér, Klára Fehér
Author: by Domonkos Csaba
Born: 1 March 1867.
Place of birth: Nagyabony, Bratislava county
Date of death: 11 March 1935.
Place of death: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Occupation: bank manager
Parents:
Spouses: Róza Schreiber, 1895-1932, Elza Singer 1933-1935
Children: László Fehér, Klára Fehér
Author: by Domonkos Csaba
Miksa Fehér de Nagyabony
Miksa Fehér was born Miksa Weisz in Nagyabony, Bratislava County, on 1 March 1867. He was educated at the Budapest Commercial Academy, where he graduated in 1884, and then worked at the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, where he rose through the ranks. On 4 June 1895, when he was already a senior officer at the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, he married Rosa Schreiber, a resident of Mezőtúr, and they were soon married. The couple had a son, László, on 6 September 1896. Their daughter Klára was born only six years later in 1902, and was engaged to Herbert Lesser, a Berlin manufacturer, in 1921.
In 1918, the Commercial Bank delegated Miksa White to several credit institutions in which it had an interest, such as the Nitra Savings Bank and the National Savings Bank and Bank, of course to represent the interests of the parent company.
As a result of which, in recognition of his activities, King Charles I granted Miksa Fehér and her legal successors the nobility of Nagyabony in May 1918, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the existence of the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, "in recognition of their merits in the field of economics".
Three years later, the new regime also recognised his activities, because Miklós Horthy awarded Miklós Fehér - together with other economic actors - the title of Councillor to the Hungarian Royal Treasury in 1922.
Miksa Fehér and his wife were also involved in significant social activities, according to records, in 1915 Mrs.Miksán Fehér subscribed 15 000 crowns to war funnels, and in 1923 her husband was one of the main supporters of the Heroes' Monument in Újpest, as he supported the erection of the monument with 70 000 crowns.
Miksa Fehér retired from his position as Managing Director of the Commercial Bank in 1926, but the Bank's management asked him to remain on the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank and to keep the positions he had taken on as a member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank. He did so, and as a result, Miksa Fehér did not become a retired bank manager, and in 1933 his taxable income exceeded 60,000 pence a year.
Together with his wife, he made a joint will in 1930, leaving their property in equal shares to their two children, László and Klára. In the will it was mentioned that Klára's husband, Lesser Herbert, owed the couple a relatively large sum (not specified in the will), although it was noted that they were sure that this loan would be repaid by their son-in-law soon, during their lifetime, but that if this did not happen, the sum would be deducted from Klára's inheritance.
One of Miksa Fehér's acquaintances was Sophie Török, who recorded in her diary that she was a guest of theirs on 13 October 1932.
His wife, Róza Schreiber died on 7 November 1932, but Miksa soon remarried, assuming the one year of mourning, in 1933. In 1934 he and his new wife were on holiday together at the Svábhegyi Sanatorium. It is interesting to note that Miksa Fehér kept his Israelite faith all the time, while his new wife Elza Singer was an Evangelical (Elza Singer died in 1946, her second marriage, she had a son, György Balázs, from her previous marriage).
Although he retired, he did not give up many of his posts - as the bank asked him to do at the time - and continued to lead an active life. On business, he travelled to Bratislava on Monday morning, 11 March 1935, to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Bratislava General Bank. Already then he complained that he was unwell, so he drove from the hotel to the bank and back to the Carlton Hotel after the meeting. He had intended to return home in the evening, on the 8 o'clock train, but at around 7.30 p.m. he became unwell and, despite the immediate call for a doctor, was only pronounced dead.
László Fehér, son of Miksa Fehér, disappeared on 20 October 1944 in Budapest (from this date men living in star houses were taken out to dig trenches).
Points of interest
Miksa Fehér gave a major interview to the Pesti Napló in May 1924 on the Hungarian economy, banks and the stock market. At the time, the Hungarian currency, the koruna, was suffering serious inflation, and the value of shares had also fallen sharply:
"The downward spiral of the crown is over and it is clear that banks will have to settle for a very different business policy from the one they have been following."