One of many striking passage in David de Jong’s book, The Nazi Billionaires-the Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Families reads, “By 1970, Friedrich Flick, August von Finck, Herbert Quandt, and Rudolf-August Oetker made up West Germany’s top four wealthiest businessmen, in descending order of fortune. All four were former members of the Nazi Party; one of them had been a voluntary Waffen-SS officer; they had all become billionaires.” De Jong’s book begins on February 20th, 1933 when about two dozen of Germany’s wealthiest businessmen – including family members of three of the four who would be West Germany’s wealthiest 37…

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