Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.32.91.79-20130219072212

Amschel mayer founded the rothschild family when he changed his name to Rothschild (which means red shield.) He had five sons, whom he trained in his strategy of accumulating money. He himself was a goldsmith by trade. Nathan Rothschild, the birtish leg of the family, once shared a mansion with the wealthy Schiffs; the Rothschilds later had considerable business dealings with the schillfs.

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