Posts from ‘February, 1939’

Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Berlin): Sir Henri Deterding read more

BERLIN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE DEATH OF SIR HENRI DETERDING read more

Pester Lloyd (Budapest) article on the death of Sir Henri Deterding: 12 Feb 1939 read more

Commercial and Financial Chronicle (New York): Death of Sir Henri Deterding, Oil Magnate

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Daily Express: Hitler sends wreath: Front Page: 11 February 1939

Hitler sends wreath

Daily Express Staff Reporter

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.

Berlin news report death of sir Henri Deterding: 11 Feb 1939  read more

On 10 February 1939, a host of Royal Dutch Shell Group directors, senior Nazi officers, officials and members of the Nazi and Dutch governments, all attended the state funeral in Nazi Germany of Sir Henri Deterding conducted by Bishop Walther Schultz of Mecklenburg, an ardent supporter of Hitler and the Third Reich. Also a rabid anti-Semite. 

Ardent supporter

Raging anti-Semetic 

Raging anti-Semetic

SIR HENRI DETERDING’S FUNERAL

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BERLIN, FEB 10

Herr Hitler and Field-Marshal Goring, and the Dutch Government, sent wreaths to the funeral to-day of Sir Henri Deterding at his estate at Dobbin, Mecklenburg.

A private memorial service in the house was followed by a public service and the interment.

Simultaneously memorial services were held in all offices in Germany of the Royal Dutch-Shell group.

It is announced that Sir Henri bequeathed the whole of his large estate at Dobbin-with the exception of the house and the immediately surrounding park-to the Friedrich-Heinrich Farming Institute, which he founded. read more

Hamburg News: The death of Sir Henri Deterding: 10 Feb 1939 read more

Rotterdam newspaper report on Sir Henri Deterding’s death: 10 Feb 1939 read more

Berlin newspaper covering the death of Sir Henri Deterding: 9 Feb 1939 read more

Frankfurt Newspaper report death of Sir Henri Deterding, a Selfmademan: 9 Feb 1939 read more

Hamburg News: Henri Deterding’s Last home: 9 Feb 1939

(Henri Deterding’s Study in Dobbin)

If anyone fancies a challenge and can translate the German text into English, kindly send the translation to john@shellnews.net and it will be added here. Please indicate the date of this article. Use your browser to enlarge the image. There are also options to increase the image size by clicking on the SOURCE button. Prepared to pay via Pay Pal a reasonable small sum agreed in advance. Translation gig ideal for German pensioner. read more

German newspaper article death of Sir Henri Deterding (Napoleon): 9 Feb 1939 read more