17. Wagons being filled with Leuna-Benzin, the synthetic oil produced by IG Farbenindustrie in partnership with Standard Oil and Shell. (Photo: AKG London)
Photograph shows Swastika flag flying at the head office of Royal Dutch Petroleum, 30 Carel van Bylandtlaan , The Hague, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II (From Image Database Hague Municipal)
CARTOONS DEPICTING HITLER AND DETERDING
Heading on first cartton: TEGEN OORLOG EN FASCISME (AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM)
A young Dutchman, Marinus van der Lubbe, was found guilty of starting the Reichstag fire which took place in 1933 and was executed in 1934. The blaze was widely believed to be a result of an international conspiracy - provocative arson - involving Deterding, Hitler and Johannes Bell. All were depicted as accomplices in the cartoons above and below, which were published at the time. Both cartoons indicating that Deterding was Hitlers paymaster. There is no evidence that Sir Henri Deterding, the then Director General of Royal Dutch Shell, took issue with these assertions.
Heading on second cartoon heading says:
VAN DER LUBBE'S ACCOMPLICES
Both Cartoons from International Institute of Social History
Cyrano
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FUNERAL OF SIR HENRI DETERDING: 10 FEBRUARY 1939
"The early 20th century" feature on shell.com 15 Sept 2010
Pages 272, 281 & 357 from The Most Powerful Man in the World