Chemical Factory Joh. A. Benckiser in the Nazi Era

An exemplary study of a mid-sized industrial enterprise during the Nazi era. The Chemische Werke Joh. A. Benckiser in Ludwigshafen was a Mittelstand company – a family business run by Albert Reimann Senior and Albert Reimann Junior. Between 1930 and 1960 they laid the foundation for an aspiring chemical company. Paul Erker examines the development of the company as well as its owners in the years ...