David Oppenheimer was a successful entrepreneur, the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a National Historic Person of Canada.
David Oppenheimer was born in Blieskastel, then in the Kingdom of Bavaria, as one of ten children. His father, Salomon, was a merchant and vintner. Davids mother, Johanna Kahn, died when he was four years old. He was educated at the Collegiate School of Frankfurt am Main.
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