The Assets of the Schichts:The Fate of Enemy Property in the Netherlands and Switzerland between 1945 and 1952

In the first decade of the 20th century, the company Georg Schicht Works based in Aussig – currently known as Ústí nad Labem in the northern part of the Czech Republic – producing soap and related products, flourished as one of the biggest enterprises of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. As a consequence of the decline of the Empire, culminating in World War I, the company of Georg Schicht lost 75% of its market outlet and went through a difficult period. In 1927-1930, the Schicht Company merged with the Anglo-Dutch multinational company Unilever. Members of the Schicht family took up leading pos... Mehr ...