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Rudolf August Oetker

German businessman, art collector, nazi waffen ss (1916-2007).

Born September 20th, 1916 in Bielefeld.

Died January 16th, 2007 at 90 years old in Hamburg. [ref]

Occupations
art collector, entrepreneur

Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs