Heinrich Mendelssohn (21 February 1881 – 7 August 1959) was a German contractor and real estate developer. Early life Mendelssohn was born in Posen, German Empire( today Poznań, Poland) in 1881. A claimed connection to the family of the famous Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn has not yet been confirmed. He is most likely the father [illegitimately] of the British actor Daniel Gerroll, whose mother was Heinrich's paramour from 1949 to 1959. Activity Mendelssohn participated in the construction and development numerous projects located in Berlin, i.e: the Hansaviertel, the Bavarian quarter, the Kurfürstendamm and the Olivaer Platz. He was also behind a development of the skyscraper at the Anhalter Station in Berlin which was named after the Saxon royal family.In cooperation with Albert Heilmann, Mendelssohn constructed the Europahaus (House of Europe) in Berlin, which today houses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. He emigrated during the Third Reich. Death Mendelssohn died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1959. References 1881 births 1959 deaths Businesspeople from Poznań Businesspeople in construction German businesspeople in real estate People from the Province of Posen German emigrants to Switzerland