Adolph Woermann
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Adolph Woermann (10 December 1847 in Hamburg – 4 May 1911 in the Grönwohld-Hof near Trittau) was a German merchant, shipowner and politician, who was also instrumental in the establishment of German colonies in Africa. In his time he was the largest German trader to West Africa[1] and – with his Woermann-Linie – the largest private shipowner in the world.[2] He remains a controversial figure, for the fact that he accumulated his vast fortunes from exploitation and war profiteering.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Klaus J. Bade: Friedrich Fabri und der Imperialismus in der Bismarckzeit. Revolution – Depression – Expansion. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Freiburg i.Br. 1975, 2005 (2005 mit neuem Vorwort: Osnabrück), S. 362 (retrieved 23 November 2006)
- ^ Klaus J. Bade: Friedrich Fabri und der Imperialismus in der Bismarckzeit. Revolution – Depression – Expansion. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Freiburg i.Br. 1975, 2005 (2005 mit neuem Vorwort: Osnabrück), S. 315 (retrieved 23 November 2006)
- ^ Alexandra Gittermann (23 March 2021), "Afrika-Ausbeuter Adolph Woermann - Steinreich durch Schnaps und Zwangsarbeit", Spiegel Online (in German), retrieved 23 March 2021
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- 1847 births
- 1911 deaths
- Businesspeople from Hamburg
- German Lutherans
- National Liberal Party (Germany) politicians
- Members of the 6th Reichstag of the German Empire
- Members of the 7th Reichstag of the German Empire
- 19th-century German businesspeople
- Businesspeople in shipping
- German colonisation in Africa
- 19th-century Lutherans