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Henri Deterding was a Dutch oil executive and the general manager of Royal Dutch Shell for 36 years. He was a rival of John D. Rockefeller, a supporter of White Russian exiles, and a controversial admirer of Nazi 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.
Oct 1, 2016 · In the years leading up to WW2, the Dutch founder of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Sir Henri Deterding became an ardent Nazi. He financially backed the Third Reich and met directly with Hitler on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell.
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.
Jun 5, 2019 · The author explores the role of business executives in Nazi atrocities and colonial genocide, such as Sir Henri Deterding, the first director of Royal Dutch Shell. He argues that there is no clear moral boundary between atrocities committed in some faraway country and capitalist practice in London.
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.
Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the...
