Felix Pinner

Born on February 22, 1880, in Birnbaum in the Prussian province of Posen, Felix Pinner became known as a German writer and one of the notable economic journalists of the Weimar Republic. He wrote on business, politics, and public affairs, combining a literary touch with close attention to economic life.

Pinner is especially associated with the Berliner Tageblatt, where he led the financial section from 1924 to 1933. He also published books, including Emil Rathenau und das elektrische Zeitalter, a study of the industrial pioneer Emil Rathenau, and Deutsche Wirtschaftsführer, portraits of leading figures in German business.

After the Nazi rise to power, he left Germany and later lived in the United States. He died in New York City on May 3, 1942. Though not widely read today, his writing remains a valuable record of German economic and intellectual life in the early twentieth century.