LouisRaphael was the son of NathanRaphal Bischoffsheim , who was considered the founder of the banking dynasty. The father settled in Mainz in 1790, quickly becoming the French army supplier and an important member of the Jewish community there. When he died in 1814, his four children were orphans. LouisRaphal, the oldest, forced to abandon his studies at ageand began working for, Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt , who owned a bank in Frankfurt. He became friends with his son BenedictHayum Goldschmidt who was his own age.
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