Leopold Landsberg

Leopold vel Liber Landsberg was a Polish industrialist in the Russian Empire and then Poland.

Early life and career

He was the youngest son of Mendel Landsberg, a tradesman in Warsaw, and Laia Lewin. His elder brethren Hilary Landsberg and Alexander Landsberg were clothing manufacturers in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
In 1885, Leopold Landsberg settled in Łódź and opened his factory, producing female clothing. By World War I, goods were selling to Russian markets. In 1905, as many as 70 workers were employed in his factory. He was a treasurer of the Union of the Łódź Manufacturers. He belonged to the owners of the Joint-Stock Company of Cloth Factories in Tomaszów Mazowiecki.
After World War I, Leopold Landsberg's factory called "the Mechanical Weaving Mill of Wool Products" was at Srodmiejska Street and made many woollen goods for the domestic market.

He was a president of the Jewish Association for Caring of the Sick, Bykur Cholim.
He died in Łódź and was buried in the Jewish Cemetery at Bracka Street Łódź. His wife Sara Salomea Hirschberg, daughter of Yehuda and Rayzla née Birnbaum, was buried in the neighbouring grave.