March 25, 2019
A German industrial dynasty (click here) with big stakes in various international brands has admitted brutality towards slave labourers during Nazi rule.
A partner in JAB Holding, Peter Harf, said the Reimann family was shocked by links to Nazi abuses, discovered by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper in archives.
"[Albert] Reimann senior and Reimann junior were guilty... they belonged actually in prison," said Mr Harf.
The family will donate €10m (£8.6m) "to a suitable organisation", he said.
Bild am Sonntag reports (in German) that female slaves from Nazi-occupied eastern Europe - treated as racially inferior - were beaten and sexually abused at Reimann premises in Ludwigshafen, in the Rhineland. Among them was a Russian maid.
The Reimann family fortune today is estimated at €33bn, which would make it Germany's second-wealthiest family.
JAB Holding, their investment firm, has major stakes in various consumer brands, including Keurig Dr Pepper beverages, Coty Inc beauty products, Jacobs Douwe Egberts coffee and the Pret A Manger sandwich chain....
