Versailles Treaty

In 1936, when Hitler marched into the Rhineland showered by the confetti of the Versailles Treaty, Farben was already there. Many of the occupying Nazi troops carried equipment that Farben had been taking out of the Rhineland for more than nine years. 

Versailles The French pointed out that by the Farben-French agreement signed in 1927, and effective until 1968, they were limited to only 9 per cent of the European market, Duchemin pointed out that on their tenth anniversary in 1937, Von Schnitzler had not mentioned Versailles Treaties he had praised the agreement lavishly. The paper shook in Duchemin s hand as he read parts of Von Schnitzler s speech on that occasion ... 

Farben, said Von Knieriem, had two weapons sole scientific knowledge of the latest chemical developments in the explosives field, and a monopoly on the intermediate products that Dynamit A.G. couldn t do without. If Dynamit A.G. bought nitrates from Chile, their violation of the Versailles Treaty would be obvious to the rest of the world. And in Germany, Farben had a complete monopoly on synthetic nitrates. 

See Lessons from the Disarmament of Germany after World War I , Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch Report no. 2799 (Washington, DC, 22 March 1945), esp. 18—25, which points out that the German govmunent convicted of treason individuals who acted as informers fo" the Mice (others simply disappeared), whereas there is no record of a similar conviction of individuals who harassed the MICC or otherwise violated the Versailles Treaty, despite its explicit inclusion in the Weimar constitution. Our thanks to Jay Lockenour fo" bringing this report to our attention. 

In June, the Germans signed the Versailles Treaty, in which the dyes section comprised two main features. First, the Allies claimed 50 percent of all German dyes stocks extant at the armistice, an amount totaling roughly 20,000 tons. Second,... 

The first transfer of the Haber-Bosch process abroad was a result of the Versailles Treaty, which the defeated Germany had to sign in 1919. By its terms, BASF was obliged to license construction of an ammonia plant with an annual capacity of... 

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