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  1. Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, KBE (19 April 1866 – 4 February 1939) was one of the first executives of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and was its general manager for 36 years, from 1900 to 1936, and was also chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company. He succeeded the founder of Royal Dutch, Jean Baptiste August Kessler, when ...

  2. Aug 26, 2018 · Many mentioned his financial support for Hitler and the Nazi movement in Germany. It may seem odd to focus on the death of Sir Henri Deterding in this early chapter, but the global news coverage of his sudden demise and even more significantly, the location – Nazi Germany – of his spectacular funeral, speak volumes.

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  4. Oct 1, 2016 · Dutch cartoons provide evidence of a perception in pre-WW2 years that Sir Henri Deterding was a major financier of Hitler’s Nazi regime. Identified by name in both cartoons, Deterding is depicted handing over a bag of money to the Nazis containing a large sum – 1000 000 00 – in unspecified currency: see enlargements 1 and 2.

  5. Hendrix highlights how Deterding used his oil industry position to advance an anti-Soviet, anticommunist agenda, at one point even setting up his own secret service against the Comintern directed by former British director of military intelligence General Sir George MacDonough.

  6. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb. 4. --Sir Henri Deterding, one of the world's leading oil men, died of a blood clot on the brain here today at the age of 72. He was former director general of the...

  7. Scheming, ambitious third son of a Dutch sailor, Hendrik August Wilhelm Deterding quit his job in an Amsterdam bank at 22 to seek his fortune with The Netherlands Trading Society in the East...

  8. Oct 1, 2016 · BERLIN, Friday.-. Hitler has sent a wreath with a red, white and black ribbon worded “Adolf Hitler,” to the funeral today of Sir Henri Deterding, multi-millionaire Dutch oil king, who died last Saturday. Time Magazine: Royal Dutch Knight: 13 February 1939. Extract.

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