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SHELL HIRED WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP NAMED IN HOMAGE TO A NAZI WAR CRIMINAL

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After a massive outcry from Jewish organizations, maritime unions,  the public and the UK government, and extensive negative coverage by the news media, all following a campaign led by John Donovan (above), the shipping company Allseas renamed its vessel. All of the businesses associated with the Pieter Schelte project, including its first client, Royal Dutch Shell, had previously turned a blind eye to the Nazi name. Shell reversed course in the face of the firestorm.

Click here the Observer/Guardian article: Jewish outrage as worlds largest ship, named after SS war criminal, arrives in Europe. Contains a reference to John Donovan’s then-pending book about the Nazi history of Royal Dutch Shell. 

Further related article here.

Published by John Donovan of royaldutchshellplc.com.

More information at a sister website: shellnazihistory.com

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