In comparing their later attitudes toward Germany (1935)
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
Many members of his family were killed during the Third Reich. In 1935, three people told Grunfeld about the Dutch International Corporation’s London venture and said that Siegmund needed somebody with industrial experience to match his financial knowledge. All three intermediaries later became Nazis and died in the war—an irony not lost upon the superstitious Siegmund and Grunfeld.
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