1661
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)
Issachar Berend Lehmann
German-Jewish banker, merchant, diplomat and court Jew
- Born
- 1661
Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, or Berman Halberstadt, was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic agent as well as army and mint contractor working as a court Jew for Elector Augustus II the Strong of Saxony, King of Poland, and other German princes. He was privileged as a court Jew and resident. Thanks to his wealth, privileges as well as social and cultural commitment, he was a Jewish dignitary famous in his day in Central and Eastern Europe.