Whilst researching the History of Glass Company's in Europe I came across the following disturbing information.
I quote from a publication called-
Sklo Union Art Before Industry: 20th Century Czech Pressed Glass by Marcus Newhall.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN Glass Companies
'The period between 1933 and 1940 was arguably one of the most unsavory periods in Czech glassmaking history.
Two major Czech Jewish glass owned businesses were to be appropriated and their owners were stripped of their assets and neither family were ever to receive restitution or recompense. '
JOSEF INWALD AG a Czechoslovakian Glass Maker
'In the case of Josef Inwald A.G. the family operations in Czechoslovakia were combined under Nazi ministry of finance, as Vereinigte Bohische Glasindustry A.G. (United Bohemian Glass Industry).
Oskar Inwald died in Austria, very soon after the Anschluss (Austria's connection to Germany) in 1938.
The only member of the family of the period, who has currently been traced was JK Inwald who was working in the UK.
JK Inwald died in Newcastle-upon- Tyne in 1987.
Following the end of World War II, the misappropriated Inwald factories were re-nationalized by Benes and again the Inwald Family were dispossessed, this time permanently, once the communists sized power.'
Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G.
'The history of Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G. became murky in the period between 1933 and 1939, as it would appear, moves were made to strip Hertha of her Company. Hertha was the widow of Ludwig Stolzle who died in 1927.
Hertha was by then married to an Englishman.
Board-room machinations (plotting) with the assistance of Nazi sympathizers in Austria's financial world, led to the loss of the Czechoslovakian factories.
It would appear, from the available paperwork that a board-room coup was mounted and share-holders who were not present and were unable to prevent the misuse of their shares.
Despite many years of work by the surviving members of the
Hertha Stolzle's family, no restitution has ever been made.'
FRENCH Glass Company
Edmond Laurent Etling
I quote from Wikipedia
'The firm of Etling, founded by Edmond Laurent Etling, was based in Paris at 29, Rue de Paradis retailing high quality exclusive decorative items during the 1920's and 1930's.
Edmond Laurent Etling founded La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling in 1909 in Paris.
The works which he commissioned (not only in glass, but ceramics, ivory and bronze) were sold from his shop in Paris at 29 Rue de Paradis.
Glassware was made at the Etling Choisy-le-Roi glassworks.
Etling closed in 1940 during WWII.
Edmond Laurent Etling of Jewish descent, along with his family were transported to a Nazi concentration camp where they died.'
I am interested to know if there were other European Glass Companies which may have been caught up in this most unsavoury period of European History.
I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
I quote from a publication called-
Sklo Union Art Before Industry: 20th Century Czech Pressed Glass by Marcus Newhall.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN Glass Companies
'The period between 1933 and 1940 was arguably one of the most unsavory periods in Czech glassmaking history.
Two major Czech Jewish glass owned businesses were to be appropriated and their owners were stripped of their assets and neither family were ever to receive restitution or recompense. '
JOSEF INWALD AG a Czechoslovakian Glass Maker
'In the case of Josef Inwald A.G. the family operations in Czechoslovakia were combined under Nazi ministry of finance, as Vereinigte Bohische Glasindustry A.G. (United Bohemian Glass Industry).
Oskar Inwald died in Austria, very soon after the Anschluss (Austria's connection to Germany) in 1938.
The only member of the family of the period, who has currently been traced was JK Inwald who was working in the UK.
JK Inwald died in Newcastle-upon- Tyne in 1987.
Following the end of World War II, the misappropriated Inwald factories were re-nationalized by Benes and again the Inwald Family were dispossessed, this time permanently, once the communists sized power.'
Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G.
'The history of Carl Stolzle und Sohne A.G. became murky in the period between 1933 and 1939, as it would appear, moves were made to strip Hertha of her Company. Hertha was the widow of Ludwig Stolzle who died in 1927.
Hertha was by then married to an Englishman.
Board-room machinations (plotting) with the assistance of Nazi sympathizers in Austria's financial world, led to the loss of the Czechoslovakian factories.
It would appear, from the available paperwork that a board-room coup was mounted and share-holders who were not present and were unable to prevent the misuse of their shares.
Despite many years of work by the surviving members of the
Hertha Stolzle's family, no restitution has ever been made.'
FRENCH Glass Company
Edmond Laurent Etling
I quote from Wikipedia
'The firm of Etling, founded by Edmond Laurent Etling, was based in Paris at 29, Rue de Paradis retailing high quality exclusive decorative items during the 1920's and 1930's.
Edmond Laurent Etling founded La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling in 1909 in Paris.
The works which he commissioned (not only in glass, but ceramics, ivory and bronze) were sold from his shop in Paris at 29 Rue de Paradis.
Glassware was made at the Etling Choisy-le-Roi glassworks.
Etling closed in 1940 during WWII.
Edmond Laurent Etling of Jewish descent, along with his family were transported to a Nazi concentration camp where they died.'
I am interested to know if there were other European Glass Companies which may have been caught up in this most unsavoury period of European History.
I can be contacted at [email protected]
Neil Cooper
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