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Aug 26, 2018 · The Sturmabteilung (SA) – “Stormtroopers,” was the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and played an important role in Hitler’s rise to power. SA men were known as “brownshirts.”. Sir Henri Deterding was linked to the SA. He secretly backed the SA in return for preferential treatment of Shell’s business interests in Germany.
During the first decades of the twentieth century, Henri Deterding was one of the most important figures in the international oil business. As the executive who brought together Royal Dutch and Shell into a single company, he was the European equivalent of John D.Rockefeller, Sr. Paul Hendrix has written the first biography of Deterding in English.
Reviewed by Robert Gale Woolbert. January 1939 Published on January 1, 1939. A Leftist biography of Sir Henri Deterding, the Dutchman who organized the British oil industry on its present world-wide scale. A success story in which the hero is portrayed as a pro-Fascist villain.
Oct 1, 2016 · They accused Sir Henri, the “head of Royal Dutch Shell,” of funding Hitler and described the Nazis as being obedient agents of their benefactors claiming: “Deterding orders-Hitler acts.” Crucial information about these matters has emerged on the Internet as a result of newspapers digitalizing archives and making articles, some several ...
Aug 26, 2018 · Built for Sir Henri in 1913, in grounds of 1,600 acres, the property was sold in 2008 by his grandson James Deterding for £25 million (over $37 million USD). Deterding at various times owned a Dutch estate in Wassenaar near the Hague, a grand country home in Buckhurst Park in Winkfield, near Ascot in Berkshire, a fashionable apartment in Park ...
Apr 27, 2022 · April 19, 1866. Birthplace: Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands. Death: February 04, 1939 (72) St. Moritz, Maloja District, Graubünden, Switzerland. Immediate Family: Son of Philip Jacob Deterding and Catharina Adolphina Geertruida Kayser. Husband of Catharine Louise Lousa Neubronner; Lydia Pavlovna Kudoyarova ...
Dec 15, 2018 · Royal Dutch Shell founder Sir Henri Deterding was by far the largest single donor, sending 7,000 railway wagons full of Dutch food produce. Despite criticism in the news media, specifically linking the money saved on food to Nazi rearmament, Deterding continued to donate Dutch food to Nazi Germany. By John Donovan.
