Gebhard Westrich person
also: Gerhard Westrick, Westrich
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Claims (5)
Gebhard Westrich member_of
Sullivan & Cromwell book_quoted
“Foster still could not bring himself to cut off his former Berlin law partner, Gerhard Westrick, when he showed up in New York in August of 1940 to lobby on behalf of Hitler. Setting himself up in an opulent estate, Westrick invited influen…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 2 @ 15:53
Gebhard Westrich member_of
Kodak host_asserted
“Albert had a close relationship with John Foster Dulles, working with him in a variety of projects for at least 30 years. In the immediate post-war period, Albert also played a pivotal role in the establishment of West Germany's post-war ru…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #4 @ 34:50
Gebhard Westrich member_of
Texaco host_asserted
“to include ITT and Kodak. In addition to representing Texaco's interest in Central Europe and German industrial companies in the U.S., Gerhard Westrick's brother, Ludger, L-U-D-G-E-R, became a prominent banker and a director of several of t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #4 @ 35:19
Gebhard Westrich member_of
Working Group for Foreign Economic Questions documented
“And he later goes to work as the first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer's first economic advisor. Another guy was Westrich, who was in aluminum. And Philip Rinstesma, who did tobacco shipping and banking. And with Nazi business specialist Otto O…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 10_11 @ 18:59
William Stephenson ordered_assassination_of
Gebhard Westrich book_quoted
“One of the men considered for elimination was none other than Dulles business partner Gerhard Westrick. The big spending Hitler lobbyist was eventually deported. It is this ungentlemanly Stevenson's tactic that inspired Fleming to grant his…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 2 @ 24:52
Mentions (10)
▶ 15:53
Foster still could not bring himself to cut off his former Berlin law partner, Gerhard Westrick, when he showed up in New York in August of 1940 to lobby on behalf of Hitler. Setting himself up in an opulent estate, Westrick invited influen…
▶ 16:23
Westrick's guest list were dominated by oil executives because he particularly was keen on a secured flow of fuel into Germany because there was an embargo by the British Navy. He even had the gall to throw a gala party at the Waldorf Astor…
▶ 16:54
Nazis' defeat of France. Westrick's shameless audacity created an uproar in the New York press, but John Foster rushed to the Nazi promoter's defense, insisting that he had a high regard for the guy's integrity. Until late in the day, John …
▶ 24:52
One of the men considered for elimination was none other than Dulles business partner Gerhard Westrick. The big spending Hitler lobbyist was eventually deported. It is this ungentlemanly Stevenson's tactic that inspired Fleming to grant his…
▶ 34:50
Albert had a close relationship with John Foster Dulles, working with him in a variety of projects for at least 30 years. In the immediate post-war period, Albert also played a pivotal role in the establishment of West Germany's post-war ru…
▶ 35:19
to include ITT and Kodak. In addition to representing Texaco's interest in Central Europe and German industrial companies in the U.S., Gerhard Westrick's brother, Ludger, L-U-D-G-E-R, became a prominent banker and a director of several of t…
▶ 18:31
the industrialists, and banks. They brought together Blessing, Kraut, Kurt von Schroeder, another banker, Lindemann, and others in this small circle of friends, and as well as Herman Abs, ABS from Deutsche Bank, who we've talked about befor…
▶ 19:54
A number of the top German corporate officials initiated attempts to reach allied governments with offers to serve as intermediaries in the negotiations to save their own butt. Some of the international lawyers got in on this, one of which …
▶ 15:10
Perhaps it's unfair in retrospect to say, but Foster Dulles couldn't seem to separate himself from his old German law partner, Gebhard Westrich. And when Westrich tastelessly threw a party at the Waldorf Astoria in June of 1940 to celebrate…
▶ 16:23
Foster Dulles couldn't seem to separate himself from his old German law partners, one of which was Gerhard Westrich. And he goes on to talk about that Dulles would seem to learn the lesson that politics was too important to leave to politic…