Josef Carl Peter Neckermann (5 June 1912 – 13 January 1992) was a German

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and Olympic champion. He won Olympic medals at four different Olympics, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Later Neckermann became a member of the

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. He was also the founder and owner of the German mail order company Neckermann AG in 1938.

Biography

He benefited greatly from the Nazi forced hostile takeover of Jewish businesses, including the 1938 acquisition of

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's retail business in Berlin. For that, shortly after

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, Neckermann was sentenced to one year in a military prison. In 1957, Joel got a compensation of 2 million

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s for his former company from Neckermann who ran the most successful German mail order selling company at the time.

Family

Neckermann's daughter

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and granddaughter

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were also Olympic equestrians.

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* * 1912 births 1992 deaths German dressage riders Olympic equestrians of the United Team of Germany Olympic equestrians of West Germany German male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German company founders 20th-century German businesspeople Olympic medalists in equestrian Recipients of the Olympic Order Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub