Draft:Alfred Zeller (Ecuadorian businessman)

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Alfred Zeller (June 6, 1917-1987) was a German businessman and founder of the Ecuadorian company, Eteco. He was born in Hamburg, Germany.

Biography

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Zeller was the son of the German portrait painter, Rudolph Jacob Zeller, and Eva Behn Zeller[1]. Alfred Zeller's father was Jewish and his mother was a Gentile. His mother committed suicide during the Nazi occupation of Germany. Alfred Zeller had a brother named Richard.

In 1938, Alfred Zeller emigrated from Germany to Ecuador. In 1944, he was sent to a War Relocation Authority (WRA) internment camp in Texas via the Department of State’s Special War Problems Division--as authorized by Executive Order 9066 (Feb. 19, 1942).

Zeller returned to Ecuador after the War, marrying Julia Starcevich in 1949. They had four children. Zeller died in Quito in 1987.

References

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  1. ^ "Rudolf Jacob Zeller", Wikipedia (in German), 2022-03-26, retrieved 2024-07-24