Martin Albrecht Punitzer
Martin Punitzer (7 July 1889 in Berlin – 7 October 1949 in Santiago de Chile aged 60, complete name: Martin Albrecht Punitzer) was a German architect of the New Objectivity, who worked in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s, he was persecuted as a Jew by the Nazis and had to emigrate to Chile.
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Martin Albrecht Punitzer

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- Born
- 1889 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1977 · Santiago.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- German
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Martin Punitzer (7 July 1889 in Berlin – 7 October 1949 in Santiago de Chile aged 60, complete name: Martin Albrecht Punitzer) was a German architect of the New Objectivity, who worked in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s, he was persecuted as a Jew by the Nazis and had to emigrate to Chile.
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• Illustration — Front side of the Roxy-Palast in Berlin-Friedenau • Illustration — Gedenktafel, Hauptstraße 78 in Berlin-Friedenau • 1923/1924: Villa Schönbach, Württembergallee 31 in Berlin-Westend • 1924: Umgestaltung seines Elternhauses, des Eckhauses Turmstraße 76 / Ottostraße 21 in Berlin-Moabit • 1928/1929: Fabrikgebäude der Robert Abrahamsohn GmbH (later Elektro-Mechanik), Nicolaistraße 7 in Berlin-Lankwitz • 1928/1929: Wohnhaus für den Unternehmer Robert Abrahamsohn, Calandrellistraße 45 in Berlin-Lankwitz • 1928/1929: Roxy-Palast, Hauptstraße 78/79 in Berlin-Friedenau • 1932: Fabrikanlage der Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Herbert Lindner, Lübarser Straße in Berlin-Wittenau • 1932: Fabrikgebäude der Hellas Zigarettenfabrik for Evangelos Papastratos, Gerichtstraße 27 in Berlin-Wedding • 1935/1936: Fabrikgebäude der Maschinenfabrik M. E. Queitzsch KG, Oranienburger Straße 170 und 172 in Berlin-Wittenau

Memorial plaque, Martin Punitzer, Hauptstraße 78, Berlin-Friedenau, Germany
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