| Robert Curjel | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1859 |
| Birth Place: | St Gallen, Switzerland |
| Death Date: | 18 August 1925 |
| Death Place: | Emmetten, Switzerland |
| Alma Mater: | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Technical University of Munich |
| Children: | Hans Curjel |
Robert Curjel (born 17 December 1859 in St. Gallen, Switzerland; died 18 August 1925 in Emmett, Switzerland)[1] was a German-Swiss architect.
Curjel attended the Technical University of Karlsruhe and the Technical University of Munich.[2] In 1888, he founded the architectural firm Curjel and Moser with Karl Moser.[3] [4] From 1916, Curiel worked for the Badischer Baubund.[5]
Curjel and his wife Marie Curjel (née Hermann) were both Jewish. Marie committed suicide on 27 April 1940 because of the threat of deportation to a concentration camp.
His daughter Gertrud (b. 5 March 1893) was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in February 1943. His son Hans Curjel (b. 1 May 1896; d. 3 January 1974) was an art historian, conductor, and theatre director, who successfully emigrated to Switzerland in 1933.