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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.
Oct 1, 2016 · Learn how the founder of Royal Dutch Shell, Sir Henri Deterding, was honored with a state funeral by Hitler and the Nazis in 1939. See the details of the ceremony, the wreaths, the tributes, and the controversy surrounding his legacy.
Learn how the founder of Royal Dutch Shell, Sir Henri Deterding, donated millions of Dutch food to Nazi Germany in 1936. Watch a British Pathe news film footage and read news reports about his controversial support for Hitler.
Sir Henri Deterding, who was spending the winter at his villa near Suvretta, at St. Moritz, died suddenly on Saturday from angina pectoris, telegraphs our Geneva Correspondent. His death is causing great grief at St. Moritz, where his generosity and kindness had made him very popular.
Nov 6, 2010 · The coffin of Royal Dutch Shell founder and ardent Nazi, Sir Henri Deterding, with an honor guard of Nazi-soldiers. By John Donovan. On 10 February 1939 ( 1 ), a historic event with some trappings of a state funeral, was held at a private estate in Dobbin, Mecklenburg, Germany.
Learn how Henri Deterding, a take-no-prisoners oilman, joined forces with Marcus Samuel, Jr., an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader, to topple the Standard Oil empire. Breaking Rockefeller is a non-fiction book by Peter Doran that traces their rise and fall in the oil industry.
--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 Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. View...
