Armand Heine (1818 – 9 November 1883) was a Jewish banker and philanthropist born in

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, who later lived in his chateau and vineyard, Beychevelle in Bordeaux. With his brother Michel he founded the famous bank Armand & Michel Heine, in cooperation with Rothschild Frères & Co. in

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, France, and

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. Armand was married to Marie-Amélie Kohn, daughter of a famous, very rich Jewish family, born in Bohemia. Armand Heine died in 1883 at Beychevelle, leaving 22000

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in his will for the funding of housing for the poor of Paris. You could read in the Paris newspapers of the time:

"Thanks to the generosity of the philanthropical society of the family of Michel and Armand Heine a whole series of new homes was built in Rue Jeanne d'Arc and Boulevard de Grenelle."

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