Pardubický továrník a starosta židovské náboženské obce Bernard Schütz (1878–1958)
Bernard Schütz (1878–1958). Pardubice factory owner and mayor of the Jewish religious community

Author(s): Renáta Růžičková
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Economic history, Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Judaism, 19th Century, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Jews; Bernard Schütz; 19th century; 20th century; religious community;
Summary/Abstract: Bernard Schütz was born in 1878, the son of Jakob Schütz, a butcher in Lukavec (Lukawetz) near Pacov (Patzau), a small town with a strong Jewish community. In 1901, after learning the gingerbread-making trade and apprenticing as a journeyman, he became a self-employed baker in Jindřichův Hradec (Neuhaus). In 1903, after marrying Emilia Löwy from Vysoká Pec near Příbram, he moved to Pardubice (Pardubitz), where he opened a bakery specializing in matzah products and later founded the Mellekta gingerbread company, which became noted for its honey-marzipan gingerbread and chocolate toppings. On 7 May 1942, Bernard Schütz and his wife were deported to the Terezín/Theresienstadt ghetto, where he ran the bakery until May 1945. Unlike most of their family, they both survived the Holocaust. After the war, Bernard Schütz became chairman of the restored Jewish religious community in Pardubice. He died in Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) on 18 August 1958.

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