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Rudolf August Oetker
Rudolf August Oetker (20 September 1916 – 16 January 2007) was a German entrepreneur and former member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi Party, who became a billionaire running his private food company Oetker-Gruppe, founded by his grandfather August Oetker. Biography Early life Oetker served and volunteered in the Waffen-SS from 1941 to 1944. Rudolf Oetker became the president of his family-run business in 1944. The business was inherited from his grandfather, August Oetker, who invented a popular mixture of baking powder. Career Rudolf August Oetker elevated the company to a household name in Germany today. The Oetker-Gruppe was one of the symbols of the post-World War II recovery effort in the country. Oetker retired as executive director in 1981, turning the position over to his son August Oetker (jr.). In 2006, his net worth was estimated by ''Forbes'' at US$8.0 billion. Personal life Oetker married three times and had eight children. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Socialist German Workers' Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers' Party (; DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist and populist paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s, the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes. The party had little popular support until the Great Depression. Pseudoscientific racist theories were central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
