German Newspaper reports death of Sir Henri Deterding: 8 Feb 1939
February, 1939:
German Newspaper reports death of Sir Henri Deterding: 8 Feb 1939
DETERDING BURIAL PLANS
DETERDING BURIAL PLANS
Oil Operator’s Body to Be Taken to His German Estate
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb. 6 (AP).–The family of Sir Henri Deterding gathered at the Swiss villa where he died unexpectedly Saturday to take the body of the 72-year-old Netherlands-born oil operator back to his estate at Dobbin, Mecklenburg, Germany, for burial.
His two sons came from England to join Lady Deterding who, friends said, is expecting the birth of a child next month.
Sir Henri, .who bad a personal fortune estimated at $150,000,000 or more and who retired in 1937 from the director generalship of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, also is survived by a daughter by his first marriage and two daughters by his second. His first wife died, the second marriage ended in a divorce and in 1936 he married a 38-year-old secretary.
Hamburg news article Sir Henri Deterding death: 7 Feb 1939
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Oil king will be buried in Germany
Daily Express: Oil King will be buried in Germany: 7 February 1939 Page 11
Oil king will be buried in Germany
Daily Express Correspondent
GENEVA. Monday.- The two sons of Sit Henri Deterding, the oil magnate, who died on Saturday, were expected to fly to St. Moritz yesterday, but arrived tonight by train with other relatives.
After meeting Lady Deterding, they decided that their father should be buried on his estate at Dobbin, Mecklenburg, North Germany. The family will leave tomorrow morning.
German Mine Newspaper Dusseldorf Sir Henri Deterding: 7 Feb 1939
German Mine Newspaper Dusseldorf Sir Henri Deterding: 7 Feb 1939
German Newspaper Sir Henri Deterding: 7 Feb 1939
German Newspaper Sir Henri Deterding: 7 Feb 1939
German general newspaper (Berlin) Sir Henri Deterding death: 7 Feb 1939
German general newspaper (Berlin) Sir Henri Deterding death: 7 Feb 1939
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Frankfurt Newspaper: Sir Henri Deterding death: 7 Feb 1939
Frankfurt Newspaper: Sir Henri Deterding death: 7 Feb 1939
Report on Sir Henri Deterding’s death
The new economy (Berlin). Feb 1939. (Precise day of month indiscernible)
News article by The German Economics (Berlin) about Sir Henri Deterding
SIR HENRI DETERDING: An Oil Napoleon
THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD: 7 February 1939 Page 4
EXTRACTS
FEW careers in modern times have been more strange and eventual that that of Sir Henri Deterding.
An inveterate enemy of Soviet rule in Russia because of confiscation of the rich Caucasus oil fields, he later swung over to the support of the Hitler movement in Germany and helped to finance it.
OIL KING MOVED HIS MILLIONS
Daily Express 7 February 1939 page 11
Divorced, went to live in Germany
Daily Express Staff Reporter
SIR HENRI DETERDING, the oil king, once estimated to have a personal fortune of £25,000,000, has left practically nothing in England.
Frankfurt Newspaper Sir Henry Deterding death: 6 Feb 1939
Frankfurt Newspaper Sir Henry Deterding death: 6 Feb 1939
Hamburg News Sir Henri Deterding: 6 Feb 1939
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Cologne Newspaper: Sir Henri Deterding : 6 Feb 1939
Cologne Newspaper: Death of Sir Henri Deterding: 6 Feb 1939
“OIL KING” DEAD: Sir Henri Deterding’s Sudden Collapse
The Scotsman – Monday 06 February 1939
“OIL KING” DEAD
Sir Henri Deterding’s Sudden Collapse
A NOTABLE CAREER
St Moriiz, Saturday . — Sir Henri Deterding, director and former director-general of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., died suddenly here to-day at the age of 72 . He was spending his annual winter holiday at the Chalet Olga, his beautiful St Moritz home, and is stated to have been in excellent health until this morning, when he woke up with symptoms of a heart attack.
After receiving medical treatment his condition improved considerably, but shortly before 7 PM he had a sudden and fatal relapse . He retained consciousness to the end. His wife was with him during his last hours.
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